I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.

The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.

Within thirty years, we will have the technological means to create superhuman intelligence. Shortly after, the human era will be ended.

In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds.

Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.

Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change.

How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.

We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt.

Everything God does—past, present, or future, whether in grace or in judgment—is to reveal His glory.

There is no god out there but Oneness of All That Is.

If all the rich people in the world divided up their money among themselves, there wouldn't be enough to go around.

Kentucky Gag Order is a great band, there's stuff here and there that you catch that is cool.

I like to know who I'm going to be working with, so that I can think about them.

I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.

Artists make things so much easier for themselves when they learn to trust their eyes.

Change often makes accepted customs into crimes.

I told my wife 'hey honey come on, let's make love like the old days.' She asked me for 50 bucks.

The time has come for us to understand that the Eternal Feminine is the greatest power in this Universe.