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A review by cristiangarcia
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
4.0
I hear about this book years ago, but I only decided to buy it after a very successful job interview in which most of the conversation delve around this book. I bought the book after the conversation (I knew fairly enough about the singularity before reading the book) and I just finish reading it one year into my new role, because yes, I got the job offer.
Now that I’ve read the book I don’t know how come I didn’t do it before. The book starts a bit technical and then the rollercoaster goes into something that resembles futurism and even science fiction, just to slow down at the end and evaluate the reality from an ethical and philosophical perspective.
What I like the most about the singularity is how relevant it remains and all the doors that it opened to me. I went into other books and some podcasts (like some futuristic conversations with Joe Rogan). At the end, the book made me thought a lot and question many things I deal with at work and how those things are coming into our day to day lives.
Now that I’ve read the book I don’t know how come I didn’t do it before. The book starts a bit technical and then the rollercoaster goes into something that resembles futurism and even science fiction, just to slow down at the end and evaluate the reality from an ethical and philosophical perspective.
What I like the most about the singularity is how relevant it remains and all the doors that it opened to me. I went into other books and some podcasts (like some futuristic conversations with Joe Rogan). At the end, the book made me thought a lot and question many things I deal with at work and how those things are coming into our day to day lives.