Information defines your personality, your memories, your skills. Ray Kurzweil defineinformationmemory Change image and share on social
As order exponentially increases, time exponentially speeds up. Ray Kurzweil exponentiallyincreaseorder Change image and share on social
Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings. Ray Kurzweil beingcreateextend Change image and share on social
What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make. Ray Kurzweil decisionimportantmake Change image and share on social
I think we are evolving rapidly into one world culture. It's certainly one world economy. With billions of people online, I think we'll appreciate the wisdom in many different traditions as we learn more about them. People were very isolated and didn't know anything about other religions 100 years ago. Ray Kurzweil agobillionculture share on social
Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. Ray Kurzweil billiondifferenceexponential share on social
No matter what problem you encounter, whether it's a grand challenge for humanity or a personal problem of your own, there's an idea out there that can overcome it. And you can find that idea. Ray Kurzweil challengeencounterfind Change image and share on social
I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything. Ray Kurzweil pickpriority Change image and share on social
We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not. Ray Kurzweil consciousideaprogram Change image and share on social
Once we have inexpensive energy, we can readily and inexpensively convert the vast amount of dirty and salinated water we have on the planet to usable water. Ray Kurzweil amountconvertdirty Change image and share on social