To listen to Mr. Kurzweil or read his several books (the latest: "How to Create a Mind") is to be flummoxed by a series of forecasts that hardly seem realizable in the next 40 years.

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And in a forthcoming book, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, he offers the most advanced explanation to date for how our brains work.

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With that in mind, the conversation needs to be redirected to how policymakers can create the conditions for business growth and remove the crisis of confidence that has been deterring companies from hiring.

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