169 Quotes by Ray Kurzweil

Intelligence is that faculty of mind by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.” – R. W. Young.

Our first invention was the story.

We are a pattern that changes slowly but has stability and continuity, even though the stuff constituting the pattern changes quickly.

Play is just another version of work.

Machines can pool their resources, intelligence, and memories. Two machines – or one million machines – can join together to become one and then become separate again. Multiple machines can do both at the same time: become one and separate simultaneously. Humans call this falling in love, but our biological ability to do this is fleeting and unreliable.

When people have difficulty achieving regular releases of dopamine through these kinds of socially accepted activities, they will often seek a shortcut.

A successful person isn’t necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.

Phosphatidylserine is a natural constituent of the cell membrane but is found in especially high concentrations in the brain. Supplementing with phosphatidylserine slows down memory loss and has been shown to reverse memory loss in some patients with age-related memory decline. It also lowers levels of cortisol, a principal hormone of aging.

Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it’s going to be left in the dust.