It's always interesting seeing authors weigh in on this topic. My favorite take is from Stross, who frequently runs "near/medium/far future" thought experiments

It's always interesting seeing authors weigh in on this topic. My favorite take is from Stross, who frequently runs "near/medium/far future" thought experiments on his blog. Here's what he had to say about the singularity back in 2011: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/reality-check-1.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/reality-...