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title: "The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Paperback – Illustrated, September 26, 2006"
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# The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Paperback – Illustrated, September 26, 2006

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- **What is this?** The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Paperback – Illustrated, September 26, 2006 by ray kurzweil
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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prepare for the future
*by S***V on November 24, 2018*

We are more and more influenced by technologies because they are growing exponentially. Although there are some disagreements with the author, we can at least prepare for the future by knowing several scenarios he provides.Every object or creature exists to solve some kind of problems. That was the most impressing one for me, although it's not a correct citation.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ カーツワイル博士のこわーいご託宣
*by 新***き on March 2, 2011*

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