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The Singularity denotes an event that will take place in the material world, the inevitable next step in the evolutionary process that started with biological evolution and has extended through human-directed technological evolution. however, it is precisely in the world of matter and energy that we...(more)
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Chapter 1: Singularity (for FREE)

~C4Chaos said Apr 26, 2006, 1:30 AM:
 

Here's a PDF of Chapter 1 of The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil. Check it out if you still don't have the book. In this chapter, Ray gave an overview of the SIx Epochs:

Epoch One: Physics and Chemistry
Epoch Two: Biology and DNA
Epoch Three: Brains
Epoch Four: Technology
Epoch Five: The Merger of Human Technology with Human Intelligence
Epoch Six: The Universe Wakes Up

whoah on Epoch Six!