# If a Singularity Can Happen It Will by Vernor Vinge > "But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will. Even if all the governments of the world were to understand the 'threat' and be in deadly fear of it, progress toward the goal would continue." > **— Vernor Vinge**, *1993, “The Coming Technological Singularity,” VISION-21 Symposium* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Vernor Vinge, The Coming Technological Singularity, university-hosted text](https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html). The claim is Vinge’s prediction about competitive technological development, not a proven inevitability. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Selection Gradient|Selection Gradient]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/The Coming Technological Singularity|The Coming Technological Singularity]] - [[wiki/Selection Gradient|Selection Gradient]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will. Even if all the governments of the world were to understand the 'threat' and be in deadly fear of it, progress toward the goal would continue." — Vernor Vinge, 1993, “The Coming Technological Singularity,” VISION-21 Symposium https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-vinge-singularity-can-happen ```