well, specifically it refers to a period of technology advancement so rapid that we entirely lose the ability to make predictions about the other side. (this is

well, specifically it refers to a period of technology advancement so rapid that we entirely lose the ability to make predictions about the other side. (this is by analogy with the mathematical definition of a singularity, a point at which your equations break down, by way of the physics application of the concept to black holes, out of which information cannot flow)