Will human nature disappear into a “singularity” sometime around mid-century, as futurologist Ray Kurzweil predicts? Some very smart people think so, including the founders of Google, who are helping to finance the Singularity University over in Silicon Valley. Some other, equally smart, people think the whole thing is a Trekkie fantasy — “the Rapture for nerds.”

I hope to get a clearer view of the issue October 3–4 when I attend the Singularity Summit in New York City. I’ll be there representing NR & doing a write-up for the magazine.

The Singularitarians are still taking registrations for the Summit; so if you want to hear what some of the smartest people on the planet have to say about the future of human nature, sign up! Lectures will be simulcast in both English and Venusian. (Just kidding.)