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Ray Kurzweil’s selected points from the histories of life and human technology form a straight line when plotted on a semi-log chart.
Adam Becker · Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker · 20 Aug 2026
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“You can pick out particular points of interest in the history of life on Earth and the history of human technology. And when you plot them on a chart,”
“you get, you know, a straight line on a semi-log chart.”Play from 7:27Report a misattribution
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