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“In Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near, progress follows an exponential growth curve. It’s a law of nature.”

Peter Thiel, class lecturer 15 June 2012 Peter Thiel's CS183: Startup - Class 19 Notes Essay (Stagnation or Singularity?) (Blake Masters Tumblr) archived copy

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In Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near, technological progress follows an exponential growth curve that is presented as a law of nature.

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