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Kevin Kelly | 3rd February 2026 | U The tech singularity — the point at which technology becomes a black hole of self-perpetuating creations — “will always appear as if it is about to happen”. “The singularity is simply a phantom that will materialise anytime you observe exponential acceleration retrospectively. In a thousand years from now, all the 11-dimensional charts at that time will show that ‘the singularity is near’” (2,400 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Antonio Melechi | MIT Press Reader | 2nd February 2026 | U Miscellaneous reflections on the intriguing “borderlands between sleep and wakefulness”. When French President Paul Deschanel found himself wandering at night along a railway line several miles south of Paris, bloody-faced and disoriented, nobody could confirm what had precipitated the episode. Could the sleepwalker be considered to have a nocturnal self that can act independently? (2,400 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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