Rapture of the Nerds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity For me personally, it was g

Rapture of the Nerds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity For me personally, it was graduating from college and realizing that unlike every other member of my graduating class, I did not have to get a job to function my own existence. I could do what I wanted to do and I'm doing it. That doesn't explain why everyone else is optimistic though...