heart, the singularity is a term that was coined by futurist 20 years ago, ray kurzweil singular means bringing together the biological who you are michael, your brain, your memories, your proclivities, your preferences. you humanity with the mechanical, with the internet and connecting the two. and it sounds far-fetched, but walked down the street in manhattan nine tenths of the people have their nose, one inch from the internet. it's called an iphone elon musk has already created something like a neural link that goes into the brain and brings the internet essentially directly into the brain. so i think it's very real to think about the singularity by 2050 for being both of image since benefit, but also danger and potential malevolence. we explore both of those themes in the novel, 2054