Ray Kurzweil wins 2007 H.G. Wells Award for Outstanding Contributions to Transhumanism

Inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil has been awarded the 2007 H.G. Wells Award for Outstanding Contributions to Transhumanism, in recognition of his numerous achievements furthering and popularizing transhumanist thought. A best-selling author, his books, from The Age of Intelligent Machines to The Singularity Is Near have been for countless people thorough the world their first, compelling point of contact with transhumanist ideas.

Ray Kurzweil gives his acceptance speech after being awarded the World Transhumanist Association’s H.G. Wells award for transhumanist of the year.