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Ray Kurzweil

American inventor and futurist

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An inventor who predicts a coming merger of humans and machines, which he calls the Singularity, and expects technology to solve most of humanity’s problems.

Ray Kurzweil sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, leaning globalist on nation and leaning free market on economy. The profile is close to the middle on environment and interventionism.

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Where Ray Kurzweil sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Ray Kurzweil

Bjørn Lomborg Danish author and policy analyst99%Tyler Cowen American economist and blogger99%Peter Diamandis American entrepreneur and futurist99%Johan Norberg Swedish author and historian of ideas97%Matteo Renzi Prime Minister of Italy, 2014 to 201697%Steven Pinker Canadian-American psychologist and author97%Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia, 2015 to 201897%Benjamin Franklin American founder, diplomat and inventor, 1706 to 179097%

People furthest from Ray Kurzweil

Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198910%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present10%Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present11%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)13%

Political views closest to Ray Kurzweil

Techno-optimismTrusts science, engineering and expert management to solve problems and wants technology…98%Classical liberalismIndividual rights, limited government, free markets and the rule of law.97%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…97%Effective accelerationismArgues that rapid technological progress, especially in AI and energy, is the best path…96%

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