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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 update of Raymond Kurzweil 's 1999 book , The Age of Spiritual Machines and his 1990 book The Age of Intelligent Machines . In it, as in the two previous versions, Kurzweil attempts to give a glimpse of what awaits us in the near future. He proposes a coming technological singularity , and how we would thus be able to augment our bodies and minds with technology. He describes the singularity as resulting from a combination of three important technologies of the 21st century: genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics (including artificial intelligence).
Think "new media" and you might think geek, anorak, tecchie. But not so Gary Carter, whose colourful appearance and distinctive eyewear reflect his broad and equally colourful interests. Once he starts to speak he reveals himself as a thinker and a visionary, unafraid to acknowledge the uncertainties surrounding the future of his business and dismissive of the inadequate language that exists to describe the changes going on so quickly within it. Well-read, prone to quote philosophers and draw parallels with flower arranging (a hobby of his), Gary has been called both guru and pretentious. Perfect attributies, you might say, for his role as head of FMX, where he combines crystal ball gazing with brave efforts to describe how the television of the future might look, and to guide content development for it. Reassuringly, for the TV industry, he doesn't predict the death of television.
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