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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Ray Kurzweil asked me to pass this along to the ExI list. (I plan to be at the screening, and hope to catch up with folks in the ExItribe.)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From: Ray Kurzweil (April 5, 2011)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'd like to invite members of the Extropy Institute list (started by my friends Max and Natasha) to our much-anticipated screening of Transcendent Man in San Francisco on April 14 (8 p.m. at the Palace of Fine Arts). I'll be introducing the film, and afterward, director Barry Ptolemy and I will do a Q&A with the audience. It's going to be a fun night, and I especially look forward to meeting and talking to Extropy Institute list members. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Where: Palace of Fine Arts 3301 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tickets and info: <a href="http://transcendentman.com/?utm_source=KurzweilAI.net&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=KurzweilAInet323">transcendentman.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Reviews:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of the top ten documentaries of the year” – International Documentary Association “Not only is Transcendent Man the must-see film of 2011 but it just might change your life forever.” – Ain’t It Cool News “Prophetic, [and] mind-bending.” – Fast Company<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Press: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charlie Rose: <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11558">Ray Kurzweil and Barry Ptolemy on the film 'Transcendent Man'</a> [VIDEO] 3/18/11; Voice of America: <a href="http://blogs.voanews.com/digital-frontiers/2011/03/18/transcending-man/">Ray Kurzweil and "Transcendent Man"</a> [VIDEO] 3/18/11; Voice of America: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpcgIsgrmWE">Barry Ptolemy on "Transcendent Man"</a> [VIDEO] 3/17/111; The Economist: <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18329616?story_id=18329616&fsrc=rss">The New Overlords</a> 3/10/11; CNN Newsroom with Ali Velshi: <a href="http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/07/big-i-transcendent-man/">The Big "I" – Transcendent Man</a> [VIDEO] 3/7/11; MSNBC.com: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31510813/#41856470">Ray and Barry on The Dylan Ratigan Show</a> [VIDEO] 3/1/11; Fox News "America's Newsroom": <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/4556962/rise-of-the-machines-not-so-farfetched">Rise of the Machines Not So Farfetched</a> – Interview with Bill Hemmer [VIDEO] 2/25/11; TIME Magazine: <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2048138,00.html">2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal 2/10/11.</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>