Juan Velez

“We are being propelled into this new century with no plan, no control, no brakes…. The only realistic alternative I see is relinquishment: to limit development of the technologies that are too dangerous, by limiting our pursuit of certain kinds of knowledge. —BILL JOY, “WHY THE FUTURE DOESN’T NEED US”
― Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

“The genes describe certain rules and constraints for patterns of interneuronal connections, but the actual connections we have as adults are the result of a self-organizing process based on our learning. The final result—who we are—is deeply influenced by both nature (genes) and nurture (experience).”
― Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

“He who has a true idea simultaneously knows that he has a true idea, and cannot doubt of the truth of the thing perceived.”
― Baruch Spinoza, Ethics

“Contemporary philosopher Max More describes the goal of humanity as a transcendence to be “achieved through science and technology steered by human values.”
― Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology