Ray Kurzweil likes to talk about the Singularity, that, depending on who you ask (mythical?), point in time after which technology will have gotten so advanced that there will be a break, a point-of-no-return, an acceleration whereby humans will be out of the loop, or at least will no
Communication about the things we consume in our society is a major part of our economy, and helps to shape materially how we live. As increasingly wide swaths of endeavor like manufacturing, distribution, and retail are reconfigured due to the flowering of several technologies the
The cascade of technological hurdles overcome daily to reach the singularity may be nefarious according to Jaron Lanier, but being overcome they are. Witness Watson in your pocket, augmented reality, or at least a wearable Internet, maybe driverless cars, 5G wireless, etc. Yes the fut