http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-software/economics-of-the-singularity http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-software/economic... - The economics

http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-software/economics-of-the-singularity http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/robotics-software/economic... - The economics of the Singularity. The piece is obviously heavily critiqued, and quite speculative in places. However, much like Kurzweil uses historical trends to paint the picture of technical growth, Robin Hanson has used historical economic and technology trends to predict future economic cycles. I think its an interesting point of view.