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end of the known worldis coming up so fast. Many companies centered around intelligence like NASA, IBM, and GE are more embracing the idea of the singularity as they are sponsoring the top research. Also many colleges and universities are leading research and funding research on the impending singularity such as University of California-Berkley and Stanford University. (NPR Kaste 2011)
I realize that this should be an expository paper and opinionated arguments might seem like a waste of lines. But I feel that as a human, I am definitely entitled to an opinion on the way that our destiny as a race is being handled.
If the singularity is truly in existence and we cannot do much to halt the progress, I feel that we should embrace it as a new beginning. As a person though who is not extremely technologically sound as other people, I just heard about this radical scientific matter just this year. So I feel that the first thing that scientists and futurists should do if they truly believe that singularity is more than just a hoax of fear and wonder, is to educate the commoners. This is obviously implying that dumbing
down the idea of it, so even a normal person can understand it completely. Who is it going to affect? How is it going to change the way we live? The world will have to stand by as science and technology changes from the backburner to the forefront.