{"product_id":"the-singularity-is-near-when-humans-transcend-biology-9780143037880","title":"The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil, hailed by Bill Gates as \"the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence,\" presents an \"elaborate, smart, and persuasive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e) view of the future course of human development.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Artfully envisions a breathtakingly better world.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Startling in scope and bravado.\"--Janet Maslin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An important book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the onset of the twenty-first century, humanity stands on the verge of the most transforming and thrilling period in its history. It will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity Is Near\u003c\/i\u003e presents a radical and optimistic view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Kurzweil\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity Is Near\u003c\/i\u003e and the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Spiritual Machines\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. One of the leading inventors of our time, he won a Grammy Award for outstanding achievements in music technology in 2015 and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002. He is the recipient of many honors, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor in technology. He lives in Boston.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609932370194,"sku":"9780143037880","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9e82723-3c16-4820-b15d-2df335e8b398.jpg?v=1732331907","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-singularity-is-near-when-humans-transcend-biology-9780143037880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}