"The Nature Of Humanity Is To Change Nature" Singularian Ray Kurzweil definitely has a unique perspective on technology and nature. Here is a link to a recent interview by the Guardian (reported by the IO9 blog):
RK notes: "The form of opposition from fundamentalist humanists, and fundamentalist naturalists – that we should make no change to nature [or] to human beings – is directly contrary to the nature of human beings, because we are the species that goes beyond our limitations..."