A review by joncassie
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

5.0

It’s pretty easy to slag a book like this, full as it is with thousands of predictions about the state of future society. While many of these predictions seem far-fetched, even now 12 years after the book’s publication, I’m giving the book 5-stars simply for its audacity, which I can’t help but appreciate. I would very much like to read its sequel, which doesn’t yet exist, so that he could reflect on what hasn’t yet come to pass, what has that has surprised him, and what he thinks about the 2045 Singularity date he’s set.