noun
1. The state, fact, quality, or condition of being singular.
"he believed in the singularity of all cultures"
2.Physics, Mathematics
A point at which a function takes an infinite value, especially in space-time when matter is infinitely dense, as at the center of a black hole.
3. Technology.
The Singularity is the hypothetical future creation of super intelligent machines. Superintelligence is defined as a technologically-created cognitive capacity far beyond that possible for humans. Should the Singularity occur, technology will advance beyond our ability to foresee or control its outcomes and the world will be transformed beyond recognition by the application of superintelligence to humans and/or human problems, including poverty, disease and mortality.
Revolutions in genetics, nanotechnology and robotics (GNR)
in the first half of the 21stcentury are expected to lay the foundation for the
Singularity. According to Singularity theory, superintelligence will be
developed by self-directed computers and will increase exponentially rather
than incrementally.
Futurists such as Ray Kurzweil (author of The Singularity is Near) have predicted that in a post-Singularity world, humans would typically live much of the time in virtual reality -- which would be virtually indistinguishable from normal reality. Kurzweil predicts, based on mathematical calculations of exponential technological development, that the Singularity will come to pass by 2045.
4. Me.
The Singularity will be a point in my life where I am functioning at such a high level that the potential for my future will be infinite and unbounded, My experience in the present will be close to 100% flow.
In positive psychology, flow, also known as the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.
In The Flow
