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Transcendent Man
2009 · Film · documentary · 83 min
Directed by Robert Barry Ptolemy
The compelling feature-length documentary film, by director Barry Ptolemy, chronicles the life and controversial ideas of luminary Ray Kurzweil. For more than three decades, inventor, futures, and New York Times best-selling author Ray Kurzweil has been one of the most respected and provocative advocates of the role of technology in our future.
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Kurzweil has grand ideas, thinks out of the box enough for people to call him crazy. I would guess some of those are the kind of grand / crazy ideas larry and company want to pursue too. So i think it is a good fit. For more information on the man and what motivates him. See the documentary the Transcendent Man, http://www.amazon.com/Transcendent-Man/dp/B0051Y6NQA
I thought this was a play on the recently released transcendent man. I would love a Feynman documentary so much.
Screenings for a documentary about him, Transcendent Man, were finally posted yesterday:
http://transcendentman.com/
My mom is extremely unlikely to watch a film called "Transcendent Man". I doubt if the technical people I know would be interested. Even the people here at HN are skeptical.
This film has a feeling to me of a ... startup trying to launch on technical impressiveness. Only a few people will care, and they have probably already heard about it.