Google Trends on the Singularity Tuesday, Aug 15 2006
singularity 4:41 pm
Hey, it’s the top cities googling for the term “Singularity”. Oh wow, they’re among the best-educated and wealthiest cities in the U.S. When naysayers call the Singularity the “Rapture of the Nerds”, what they’re actually saying is “some really smart and successful people are excited about this and I don’t understand it too well so it annoys me”.
Here are the top cities searching for the term “Kurzweil”:
Again, the same pattern. Blue states, economic powerhouses with excellent universities. The Sao Paolo thing is a mystery, though.

August 15th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Maybe the interest in Kurzweil in Sao Paolo is related to Ben’s programming staff.
August 17th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Careful, ’singularity’ is also a term used in cosmology, and ‘Kurzweil’ is also a very successful musical instrument manufacturer (developed by Ray). (I used to play on a Kurzweil sampler before i ever heard of Ray Kurzweil)
August 17th, 2006 at 3:04 pm
Careful, ’singularity’ is also a term used in cosmology, and ‘Kurzweil’ is also a very successful musical instrument manufacturer (developed by Ray). (I used to play on a Kurzweil sampler before i ever heard of Ray Kurzweil)
Point taken, too bad google trends doesn’t allow you to insert -”minus” keywords to blacklist sites outside of our sphere of interest.