Online
- The Economy of Star Trek, by Rick Webb — An attempt to envision what a post-scarcity economy would look like.
- Wikipedia: Technological Singularity
- Wikipedia: Accelerating Change
- Wikipedia: Post-Scarcity Economy
- Ray Kurzweil’s official site — Biography, essays and writings by Ray Kurzweil, one of the most influential thinkers on exponential change.
- Singularity Hub — News, analysis and commentary on exponential technologies.
- Our World in Data — Long-term data showing how human progress has unfolded across centuries: poverty, health, education, technology.
- Future of Life Institute — Research and outreach on transformative technologies, including AI and existential risk.
Books
- The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI, by Ray Kurzweil — The 2024 update of his classic work.
- The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology, by Ray Kurzweil — The original 2005 work that introduced the concept to a wide audience.
- How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, by Ray Kurzweil
- The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, by Ray Kurzweil — His earlier classic from 1999.
- Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, by K. Eric Drexler — The foundational 1986 book that defined the field of nanotechnology.
- Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization, by K. Eric Drexler
- Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler — Argues that exponential technologies are driving costs down and opening unprecedented opportunities.