I almost fell out of my chair while reading a transcript of a recent interview with Jeb Bush by Tucker Carlson. Here is the part of the interview that made me literally fall out of my seat (link to original article is at bottom of message):
(Carlson): What do you read every day?
(Bush): I read The New York Times. I read The Wall Street Journal. I read the Sayfie Review, which is about Florida politics. I'm reading a wild book. It's The Singularity Is Near. [The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, by Ray Kurzweil] The book is about how technology is going to overtake the human mind. There's basically like an L-shaped advancement that's going to take place. There's a convergence of our own intellectual capacities and technology. There's going to be a merger, and we're going to, this guy believes, live in an era of unbelievable intelligence and advancement. It's wild.
(Carlson): Do you buy that?
(Bush): I'm reading to learn.
Link to original article:
http://www.esquire.c...-interview-0809
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