# Quote — Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines

> The Law of Accelerating Returns: As order exponentially increases, time exponentially speeds up (that is, the time interval between salient events grows shorter as time passes). The Law... applies specifically to evolutionary processes.

- Author: [Ray Kurzweil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil.md)
- Book: [The Age of Spiritual Machines](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-age-of-spiritual-machines.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil#The_Age_of_Spiritual_Machines:_When_Computers_Exceed_Human_Intelligence_(1999)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-age-of-spiritual-machines/the-law-of-accelerating

## More from this book

> A primary reason that evolution—of life-forms or technology—speeds up is that it builds on its own increasing order.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-age-of-spiritual-machines/a-primary-reason.md)

> Before the next century is over, human beings will no longer be the most intelligent of capable type of entity on the planet.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-age-of-spiritual-machines/before-the-next.md)

> Order... is information that fits a purpose.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-age-of-spiritual-machines/order-is-information.md)