Steven Levy interviewed Ray Kurzweil about his new role at Google. On the topic of having the courage to follow your convictions:
Levy: What’s the biological basis for that kind of courage? If you had an infinite ability to analyze a brain, could you say, “Oh, here’s where the courage is?”
Kurzweil: It is the neocortex, and people who fill up too much of their neocortex with concern about the approval of their peers are probably not going be the next Einstein or Steve Jobs.
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(via Arthur C. Clarke predicting the future in 1964 | KurzweilAI)
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Ray Kurzweil - Futurist (by ComputerHistory)
Pretty amazing monolog (more or less) by a true genius, and one of my major influences. The Singularity concept worries me greatly, though. Watch Ray’s movie http://transcendentman.com/ and then try to get some sleep:)
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