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Techno-utopians like Musk are treading old ground: The futurism of early 20th-century Europe

  • Written by Sonja Fritzsche, Senior Associate Dean and Professor of German Studies, Michigan State University
Techno-utopians like Musk are treading old ground: The futurism of early 20th-century EuropeTwentieth-century futurists celebrated flight, communications and manufacturing. Today, they're inspired by space, AI and biotechnology.Davide Mauro/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

In “The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI,” the futurist Ray Kurzweil imagines the point in 2045 when rapid technological progress crosses a threshold as...

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