ch 16 - armageddon

"Even Ray Kurzweil will admit that the effects of his impending singularity are unknown. He can see the crunch coming, but he can't know the results."

Although he states a "good news" message, the real god news is the uncertainty; the unknown. What we don't know about the future will save us one way or another. The article even states, "We live to die." That is pretty true. If you knew how you were going to die and when, how would you live your life? Immortality is another issue. If you are not going to die, why do things quickly, why enjoy life when you have the rest of eternity to do that? The possibility of death is what drives us along and eliminating that will kill the spirit in every human.