The Speculist

When I get a minute, I'll provide a full update on Accelerating Change 2005, the first full day of which is today. Yesterday was pre-conference workshops. I attended the workshop on Foresight Consulting, about which I will write more later.

At last night's reception, I met up with Michael Anissimov, who directed me to a quote from hin in Ray Kurzweil's new book, The Singularity is Near (which I am pleased to finally have a copy of, signed by the author):

Involuntary death is a cornerstone of biological evolution, but that fact does not make it a good thing.

Michael first opined to that effect here.

Or you can read it here (page 320):

It's just as I feared. This "Kurzweil" guys is getting all his material from us!

More later.