"At a certain point in the future, probably within the next few decades, the smarter, faster, smarter, faster cycle will have allowed us to remake aspects of our world -- and, potentially, ourselves -- in ways that would astonish, confuse, and maybe even frighten earlier generations. To those of us imagining this point in the future, it's a dramatic transformation; to those folks living through that future point, it's the banality of the everyday."

Jamais Cascio has this brilliant yet accessible way to clarify complex issues central to the understanding of the unfolding technological future. Here is an excellent presentation of the Singularity concept, which has become the buzz word of the future.