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From: Tripper McCarthy <>
Subject: Jeb Bush Reading The Singularity is Near
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:58:29 +0000

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I almost fell out of my chair while reading a transcript of a recent interview 
with Jeb Bush by Tucker Carlson. Here is the part of the interview that made me 
literally fall out of my seat (link to original article is at bottome of 
message):

(Carlson): What do you read every day?


(Bush): I read The New York Times. I read The Wall Street Journal. I read the 
Sayfie Review, which is about Florida politics. I'm reading a wild book. It's 
The Singularity Is Near. [The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend 
Biology,
by Ray Kurzweil] The book is about how technology is going to overtake
the human mind. There's basically like an L-shaped advancement that's
going to take place. There's a convergence of our own intellectual
capacities and technology. There's going to be a merger, and we're
going to, this guy believes, live in an era of unbelievable
intelligence and advancement. It's wild.
(Carlson): Do you buy that?

(Bush): I'm reading to learn.

Link to original article:

http://www.esquire.com/features/jeb-bush-interview-0809

Tripper


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