Reddit mentions of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

When I found my passion: machine learning. Few arm-chair books in (The Singularity is Near; How to Create a Mind; The Master Algorithm) and I realized humanity is on the cusp of a breakthrough - possibly our most important moment in history - and I can be part of it. I find myself naturally focused on education, unlike my forced productivity while working web/mobile dev for some business analytics company. "I'm passionate about informative data," "I'm driven by beautiful user interfaces" - sure you're not convincing yourself? Biotech, AI... shit will alter the course of human history. Hunger is the best sauce, find that thing that drives you.

None of these authors would probably call themselves modern communists but I do view them as such. Some of the material here goes into great depth to outline a possible post-scarcity scenario while some stay on the surface but are non the less a great read and great thinking exercices about a possible future.

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Peter Joseph - The New Human Rights Movement: Realizing a New Train of Thought

https://www.amazon.com/New-Human-Rights-Movement-Reinventing-ebook/dp/B01M3NWW48/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1550425640&sr=8-1&keywords=peter+joseph+the+new+human+rights+movement

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Jacque Fresco - The Best That Money Can't Buy

https://www.amazon.com/Best-That-Money-Cant-Buy-ebook/dp/B0773TB3GX/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1550425758&sr=8-2&keywords=jacque+fresco

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Buckminster Fuller - Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

https://www.amazon.com/Operating-Manual-Spaceship-Buckminster-Fuller-ebook-dp-B010R3HVOW/dp/B010R3HVOW/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1550425647

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Jeremy Rifkin - The Third Industrial Revolution: How Lateral Power Is Transforming Energy, the Economy, and the World

https://www.amazon.com/Third-Industrial-Revolution-Lateral-Transforming-ebook/dp/B005BOQBGW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1550426107&sr=8-1

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Peter Diamandis - Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Future-Better-Than-Think-ebook/dp/B005FLOGMM/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1550426273&sr=8-1

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Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Trenscend Biology

https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology-ebook-dp-B000QCSA7C/dp/B000QCSA7C/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

Don't know if it's exactly what you wanted but check out these non-fiction books:

The Singularity Is Near (Ray Kurzweil)

Augmented: Life In The Smart Lane

Surviving AI: The Promise And Peril Of Artificial Intelligence

Edit: Bicentennial Man (was already mentioned) is one of my all-time favorite films

I would say this is kind of outside of the scope of this subreddit, but if you are interested in this kind of question, I would recommend the book "Conciousness Explained" by Daniel Dennett. I would not say the book really explains consciousness, but based on the kind of question the OP is asking here, it's the best researched answer I know of.

Ray Kurzweil's book "The Singularity is Near" also goes into this a bit, if I remember right.

You might also like this article / video in Scientific American regarding the Simulated Universe Hypothesis

Or, for lighter fare, there's always The 13th floor and The Matrix movies.

The first guy to predict it invented the scanner. https://www.amazon.com/Singularity-Near-Humans-Transcend-Biology-ebook/dp/B000QCSA7C/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=