Singularity

There are two forms of singularity, one of which is based on a misunderstanding. These can be diagrammed through the affordances of numeracy. The common misunderstanding takes the form of a tally system used in denoting numbers in base one. This notational—not mathematical—error assumes that, in base one, the only numeral is 1. A number is represented as a series of added ones, summation being implied by juxtaposition, but impossible to actualize. This style of denoting is the basis and the betrayal of all positional numeracy to come. Conversions from unary into higher bases always take the form of a digital sum; if the numerals of a unary number undergo a digital sum in a given base, the number they represent is converted into that base. Yet the definitional feature of this unary system, on which the other bases are taken to be founded, is the complete impossibility of digital reduction. The tally marks of unary cannot be reduced at all—not to 1, not to 0—because addition in a tally system is constantly deferred through additional place values. This denotational inconsistency of unary is the defining feature of this singularity and the central presence of its system, the exception that is the rule.
-- xeno.cx, retrieved current date.
My only problem with Singularity is that any notion of self-protection in that sphere is structured on hallucination. 
-- Nick Land, June 2017]-Yeah, well, if "singularity" means some merging of consciousness with "algorithms" o_O --- of course, however McKenna may not have included that except metaphorically, as a "global brain" which has different meanings depending on different people --- from e.g. people connecting through information technology --- as we're doing now --- to, conversely, some kind of melting of consciousness and computers.Gannon.
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As "the Singularity" it is an eschatatonic endpoint of change. See endpoint.
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Singular; Unity; The borg