# Quote — Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near

> So What's Left? Let's consider where we are, circa early 2030s. We've eliminated the heart, lungs, red and white blood cells, platelets, pancreas, thyroid and all the hormone-producing organs, kidneys, bladder, liver, lower esophagus, stomach, small intestines, large intestines, and bowel. What we have left at this point is the skeleton, skin, sex organs, sensory organs, mouth and upper esophagus, and brain.

- Author: [Ray Kurzweil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil.md)
- Book: [The Singularity Is Near](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-is-near.md)
- Page: 307
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil#The_Singularity_Is_Near:_When_Humans_Transcend_Biology_(2005)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-is-near/so-whats-left

## More from this book

> The Singularity will allow us to transcend these limitations of our biological bodies and brains. We will gain power over our fates. Our mortality will be in our own hands. We will be able to live as long as we want (a subtly different statement from saying we will live forever). We will fully understand human thinking and will vastly extend and expand its reach. By the end of this century, the nonbiological portion of our intelligence will be trillions of trillions of times more powerful than unaided human intelligence.

p. 9 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-is-near/the-singularity-will.md)

> The power of ideas to transform the world is itself accelerating.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-is-near/the-power-of-ideas.md)

> I emphasize the exponential-versus-linear perspective because it's the most important failure that prognosticators make in considering future trends. Most technology forecasts and forecasters ignore altogether this historical exponential view of technological progress. Indeed, almost everyone I meet has a linear view of the future. That's why people tend to overestimate what can be achieved in the short term (because we tend to leave out unnecessary details) but underestimate what can be achieved in the long term (because exponential growth is ignored).

p. 13 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ray-kurzweil/the-singularity-is-near/i-emphasize-the.md)