Microsoft Word Kurzweil, Ray The Singularity Is Near doc

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We are the last. 
The last generation to be unaugmented. 
The last generation to be intellectually alone. 
The last generation to be limited by our bodies. 
We are the first. 
The first generation to be augmented. 
The first generation to be intellectually together. 
The first generation to be limited only by our imaginations. 
We stand both before and after, balancing on the razor edge of the Event 
Horizon of the Singularity. That this sublime juxtapositional tautology 
has gone unnoticed until now is itself remarkable. 
We're so exquisitely privileged to be living in this time, to be born 
right on the precipice of the greatest paradigm shift in human history, 
the only thing that approaches the importance of that reality is finding 
like minds that realize the same, and being able to make some connection 
with them. 
If these books have influenced you the same way that they have us, we 
invite your contact at the email addresses listed below. 
Enjoy, 
Michael Beight, [e-mail] 
Steven Reddell, [e-mail] 

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Here are some new links that we’ve found interesting: 
 
 
KurzweilAI.net 
News articles, essays, and discussion on the latest topics in 
technology and accelerating intelligence. 
 
SingInst.org 
The Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence: A 
think tank devoted to increasing Humanity’s odds of 
experiencing a safe, beneficial Singularity. Many