# Quote — Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines

> The Law of Time and Chaos: In a process, the time interval between salient events (that is, events that change the nature of the process, or significantly affect the future of the process) expands of contracts along with the amount of chaos.

- 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-time

## 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.

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> 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.

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