# Technological Evolution Continues Biological Evolution by Ray Kurzweil > “Therefore, technological evolution is an outgrowth of—and a continuation of—biological evolution.” > **— Ray Kurzweil**, *2001, The Law of Accelerating Returns* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source and full wording:** [The Law of Accelerating Returns](https://www.writingsbyraykurzweil.com/the-law-of-accelerating-returns) — Kurzweil's authored 2001 essay contains this exact sentence and the surrounding biological-to-technological sequence. - **Article use:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] cites this statement in its evolutionary account of machine intelligence. Kurzweil presents biological and technological evolution as successive evolutionary processes in his law of accelerating returns. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Ray Kurzweil|Ray Kurzweil]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Ray Kurzweil|Ray Kurzweil]] - [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] - [[wiki/Evolutionary Biology|Evolutionary Biology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Therefore, technological evolution is an outgrowth of—and a continuation of—biological evolution.” — Ray Kurzweil, 2001, The Law of Accelerating Returns https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ray-kurzweil-technological-evolution-continues-biology ```