The Singularity concept remains inescapable these days, although rarely well-understood

Both are unfortunate developments, for essentially the same reason: the popularity of the term "Singularity" has undermined its narrative value

Its use in a discussion is almost guaranteed to become the focus of a debate, one that rarely changes minds

The version of the Singularity story that I think is well-worth holding onto says this: due to more detailed understandings of how the brain works, more powerful information and bio technologies, and more sophisticated methods of applying these improvements, we are increasingly able to make ourselves smarter, both as individuals and as a society.

But as we get smarter, our aggregate capacity to further improve the relevant sciences and technologies also gets better; in short, we start to make ourselves smarter, faster