"Our intuition about the future is linear. But……" — Ray Kurzweil
"Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion."
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68 Quotes by Ray Kurzweil
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Find your passion, learn how to add value to it, and commit to a lifetime of learning.
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By 2010 computers will disappear. They'll be so small, they'll be embedded in our clothing, in our environment. Images will…
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I consider myself an inventor, entrepreneur, and author.
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Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were…
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Launching a breakthrough idea is like shooting skeet. People's needs change, so you must aim well ahead of the target…
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The purposeful destruction of information is the essence of intelligent work.
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Death is a great tragedy…a profound loss…I don’t accept it…I think people are kidding themselves when they say they are…
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The story of evolution unfolds with increasing levels of abstraction.
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What we found was that rather than being haphazardly arranged or independent pathways, we find that all of the pathways…
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Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity -- technological change so rapid and…
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By the 2030s, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will predominate.
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Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but…
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After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you…
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Folks, you're the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks,…
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
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Why should a great and powerful nation like the United States allow its relationship with more than a billion Muslims…
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With an annual investment of $66 billion by 2007, we can save 8 million lives each year.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world…
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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before…
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