Essays on Singularity

Annotated Bibliography

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. InfoBase Publishing, 2006 Snodgrass provides a review of a variety of genres explored over the years by various feminists on topics and issues that affect women. The book provides a broad range of non- fiction and fiction authors who have written various literary pieces on feminist themes that signal the evolution of feminism. The book deals with a wide range of themes, from abortion to male- female violence to rape. Snodgrass merely reviews fiction and non- fiction on feminist issues. She gives an account of the feminist themes explored in these books ...

Imperial, Dominant, and Hegemonic Feminism

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Introduction

The term feminism emerged in the contemporary socio-political discourse as an important movement encompassing ideological frameworks that seeks to establish and define a common goal to achieve equal footing in the political, personal, and economic sector. Since the emergence of the feminist movement, several notions of feminism was developed to create a greater understanding of its role in establishing equal rights and opportunities of women. In this discussion, the different notions of feminism will be explored by highlighting the concepts of each theoretical model. The discussion includes definitions of imperial, ...

Introduction

The field of literature is arguably one of the oldest ones known to man. The term literature may refer to any written production that has been authored by a man, be it in the form of a poem, biography, or any narrative. In fact, it does not matter whether the subject material has or does not have any artistic and or intellectual value. The fact that it is a written production written by someone from which; an idea or a message can be obtained is already enough for it to be considered as a form of literature. The history ...

The book The Singularity is Near I was written by Rey Kurzweil, an American author, inventor, and futurist. The book talks about the author’s concept of “Singularity”, or the fusion of humans and machines. He points out that humans will inevitably mutate because of the effects of fast-paced developments in technology. Furthermore, Kurzweil theorizes that we are actually experiencing the initial stages of this evolution (Kurzweil).

The Quotation

“A related but distinct question has to do with our own identities. We talked earlier about the potential to upload the patterns of an individual mind—knowledge, skills, personality, memories—to another ...

Discussion one

After reading Chapters 1-3, review the videos Ray Kurzweil on How Technology Will Transform Us and Ray Kurzweil: A University for the Coming Singularity. (Interactive transcripts are also available on the TED web site.) Based on what you have learned, which of Kurzweil's predictions do you agree with, and which do you doubt? Why? Please be specific. After watching on Kurzweil’s video, T, there are some things that I do agree and those that I go against. The first thing that I do not agree is the projection that I the 2020s, there will be the capability ...

Black holes are space zones in the universe that are dark in nature and possess natural forces of attraction that have a very high gravity. This implies that they are able to attract and pull anything including light at a very high speed. This explains the origin of the name, Black hole. Several myths have been generated in many attempts to try and explain what a black hole is and Hollywood is at the forefront of it. Movies from Hollywood portray black holes as time physical entrances to tunnels that if one goes through, he can either move back or fourth in ...

For far too long, humanity has been content with unquestioned faith in subjective knowledge passed down from generation to generation. This has been especially true on issues regarding the origins of our species and, indeed, the universe. However, in the last 100 years, a new culture has emerged. A culture rooted in the ideals espoused by such trailblazers as Bertrand Russell; a belief in scientific understanding of the world we live in and veneration of acquisition of knowledge. The human race is no longer content with fables and fairy tales. We want to know how, when and why our universe came ...