I saw an article in IEEE magazine about the singularity and it seemed more about people talking about the implications of technology rather than actually workin

I saw an article in IEEE magazine about the singularity and it seemed more about people talking about the implications of technology rather than actually working to build technology. The singularians seem to be a group of very capable technologists - why don't they allocate their time and resources to improving technologies that could make the singularity happen instead of talking about it? Is hyping the singularity a meta-strategy to attract the resources and effort of others? Charging 25k is a strong sign of cultish scam behavior. Go figure.