How to Have Sex with Yourself: The Bizarre Cult of the Singularity

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Meet Ray Kurzweil, who combines Moore’s Law with nanobots in a faux recipe to cheat death. Please share this episode with your friends and start a conversation.

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Sources/Links/Notes:

• Ray Kurzweil's 2005 book checks in at 672 pages -- it's called The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.
• Kurzweil's sequel from 2022 is called The Singularity Is Nearer.
• Brian O'Keefe, "The smartest (or the nuttiest) futurist on Earth," Fortune, May 2, 2007.
• David Hochman, "Reinvent Yourself," Playboy, April 19, 2016.
• Episode of Doug Henning's World of Magic, 1980.
• Society for Cryobiology
• Singularity University
• Sarah Begley, "The Future of Food: Experts Predict How Our Plates Will Change," Time, October 9, 2014.
• Alan Thompson, "Dr Ray Kurzweil: 2022-2023 Updates," LifeArchitect.ai
• Eric Brende wrote a book that counteracts some of Kurzweil's absurdities. It's called Better Off: Flipping the Switch on Technology.
• The Simplicity Collective is a good organization for exploring voluntary simplicity.

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