Kurzweil's Law
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CORE DEFINITION
The law of accelerating returns in technological progress. Technological development accelerates exponentially, with each wave of technology arriving faster than the previous one.
SCAFFOLDING EFFECT
Reduce cognitive load
Exponential thinking. People with linear thinking will severely underestimate the speed of future technological development. Exponential growth means change will accelerate until reaching the singularity.
Anchor fast decisions
Kurzweil's Law (the law of accelerating returns) posits that the performance/cost of information technology improves exponentially, leading to ever-accelerating change and ultimately pointing toward the technological singularity. It is a generalization of Moore's Law.
MINIMUM ACTION
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- en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerating_changeverified
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