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The Best English-Language Fiction of the Twentieth Century - By Rank. A Reading List for Futurists - Singularity 101. More material to help you understand the future of technology and artificial intelligence. The tenth and final post in a GOOD miniseries on the singularity by Michael Anissimov and Roko Mijic. Interested in finding out more about the singularity and going beyond this short series? Here are a few interesting books you can read to increase your knowledge about the singularity and associated topics: The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil Kurzweil may be outspoken and provocative, but anyone who reads his obligatory book on the technological singularity will have to admit that he has done extensive research on the topics he talks about.

Catastrophe: Risk and Response by Richard Posner This book is especially interesting because it is written by something of an outsider. Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime by Aubrey De Grey "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us" by Bill Joy Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing and Computation by K. BookCrossing - The World's Biggest Free Book Club - Catch and Re. Philosophy since the Enlightenment, by Roger Jones. Mother Jones | Smart, Fearless Journalism (Private Browsing) Squashed Philosophers- Condensed Plato Aristotle Augustine Desca.