I was like, c'mon, we're grownups!! Same goes for the Apollo project.Achieving the promises of the Singularity - whatever that happens to be exactly - is bigger than all of those nation spanning projects combined.And we will only get there through enormous quantities of technical and organizational blood, sweat and tears spanning decades, and more likely, centuries. An immersion course in “exponential thinking” at Singularity University lures executives wary of disruption. If you look at their faculty you will find some very impressive faculty members teaching there - some of which are also students from past programmes which speaks to the fact that 1) There are some impressive students in the classes with a lot of industry specific knowledge and 2) Students will come back and teach other students because the cause matters to them and SU is a place they like to be.The issues around fraud and sexual assaults are obviously real issues but events in the past that the university, like any other, organizations has to deal with and prevent - and which they are dealing with.I may not agree with everything SU is doing. See our First, a relevant comment that became clear to me after attending this executive program: it is not about the Singularity theory itself, neither is it a formal University. SU was founded to create similar moonshots.SU used to be a non-profit but switched to a for-profit model to expand their reach. The solutions and teams that come out from there will have to put in years and years of work, sweat and tears to create impact, but that is no different from you and me and everyone else trying to launch an impactful company.I may also not agree entirely with the direction the University is going but every organisation must make their own decisions on their direction. heracles on Feb 16, 2018. If anyone's been following Singularity University, it's obvious that the degree was absolutely worthless, and they let anyone teach. Meanwhile, the food 3D printing industry is expected to grow at an even higher rate, averaging 50 percent annual growth.. And converging exponential technologies—from … On one night, after an already very intense agenda, a handful of us got into an amazing conversation with one of the founders of S.U. You get completely immersed on presentations and discussions about Forecasting, Network & Computing Systems, Autonomous Cars, Global Grand Challenges, Design & Prototyping, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Neuroscience, Digital Biology & Biotech, Medicine, Future of Jobs, Exponential Organizations, Nanotech & Digital Fabrication, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Accelerating Returns, Startups & Open Source Innovation, Energy, Corporate Innovation, Environment, Space, Privacy, Exonomics, Behavioral Economics, Security & Future Crimes... and all presented by people with impressive resumes on each specific area. Fired and out - whats more could they do?Here is my SU experience. Together we will design the optimal solution for your … As an advisor to various individuals and groups (and later startups) that had their beginnings at Singularity University I would argue that like most things in life, it is what you make of it. I literary didn't know they were actually working towards the singularity in any technical way. What's your Moonshot? While I believe something like "Exponential School" would be a better fit, "Singularity University" does sound cool.With that said, I must say the week spent inside NASA's facilities in the Silicon Valley, having direct contact with many inspiring personalities like Peter Diamandis, Ray Kurzweil and Salim Ismail, but also hang out with other executives from 30 different countries and 35 distinct industry segments was really a unique experience.It was also interesting to notice that about half of the attendees was there to get insights on how to innovate on their respective companies and careers, but the other half had their industry segments under imminent risk of disruption and they don't yet have a clear idea about how to adapt.The program starts on a Sunday morning bombarding our minds with the concept of Exponential Growth and how the famous Moore's Law is (or will be) noticed everywhere. Google, therefore, moved their support towards the SU Startup program.The article talks about bad sexual behavior from a former employee back in 2013. I do believe we need a coalition that builds towards the ideals promised. I can only imagine the size of his inflation after "executive education from Singularity University" when he gets to it - he probably wouldn't be able to fit into his office anymore.Imagine if scientists approached bringing about the Manhattan Project without also demanding 10% of US GDP for five years, multiple state spanning test sites, absolute discretion, and the work output of hundreds of thousands. When I was at SU in 2014, I thought it was almost cringing to hear how everyone was instructed NOT to engage romanticly with anyone. Later, YC was the perfect segway into creating a scale-able company.It was pretty clear from the beginning that this was all hype and talk with very little substance, but I thought it would slide more towards the cult direction (scientology-style, that is). Is there a proof of concept somewhere?It's not surprising. It is absolutely mind-blowing!And that doesn't count the informal conversations on breaks. To say that they didn't learn from the 2013 incident is not true. In that world, SU's brand on 'exponential thinking' is fragile, but they are trying to expand their offering. Singularity University is not a degree granting institution. It's not. That's how conferences came about. On that afternoon we got to see the graphic representation of that logarithmic curve at least 70 different times accross multiple presentations, but later we understood that this is a needed intro to what comes next...From Monday through Friday you can say goodbye to your regular life. And.. the 'financial fraud argument' is ridiculous - any company can experience a bad employee. Statements such as 'Google pulled their funding from GSP' is just plain wrong. The presenters would only take a stab on what might happen on the long-term future when pushed by us during Q&A.I consider myself a geek and I read a lot about the subjects that I'm passionate about, so the presentations about such matters like Artificial Intelligence and Robotics didn't surprise me much, but the fact is that for all the other subjects I don't follow closely (about 80% of the program content) the presentations were absolutely eye-opening for me.It is no exaggeration to say one leaves such immersion with a revitalized vision of the world and how some technological innovations are already deeply changing everything around us. First, a relevant comment that became clear to me after attending this executive program: it is not about the Singularity theory itself, neither is it a formal University.