Charlie Kam

The song I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian begins

I am the very model of a Singularitarian
I’m combination Transhuman, Immortalist, Extropian,
Aggressively I’m changing all my body’s biochemistry
Because my body’s heritage is obsolete genetically,
Replacing all the cells each month it’s here just temporarily
The pattern of my brain and body’s where there’s continuity,
I’ll try to improve these patterns with optimal biology,
(“But how will I do that? I need to be smarter. Ah, yes…”)
I’ll expand my mental faculties by merging with technology,
Expand his mental faculties by merging with technology,
Expand his mental faculties by merging with technology,
Expand his mental faculties by merging with technology
 
And with our new technology, renewable clean energy,
Remove our pathogens and overcome hunger and poverty
In short I am a Transhuman, Immortalist, Extropian
I am the very model of a Singularitarian
In short he is a Transhuman, Immortalist, Extropian
He is the very model of a Singularitarian

Charlie Kam was the author and singer of this song and is Conference Chairman of TransVision 2007, Sustaining Donor for the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and President of Greenpack Construction in Chicago, building state-of-the-art, solar powered homes that implement all types of recycling.
 
A Chicago native, Charlie is a renowned singer/song writer and entrepreneur as well as a member of the World Transhumanist Association, Immortalist Institute, World Future Society, Singularity Institute, and Alcor.
 
He is best known for his musical parody of Ray Kurzweil’s Singularity, “I am the very model of a Singularitarian” which has been a favorite among transhumanist and futurist community blogs. IEEE Explore magazine recently compared his song to Kurzweil’s definitive work, The Singularity is Near suggesting that you can just listen to his song if you don’t have time to read Kurzweil’s 600+ word tome. Charlie boasts a number one ranking on Last FM online radio, “the social music revolution” and a video version of the Singularitarian song on YouTube.
 

As Founder of Greenpack Construction, Charlie builds state-of-art, solar powered homes that implement all types of recycling. He believes that the potential of solar power to safely and cleanly, solve most all of our world’s energy problems, and decrease much of the pollution and environmental destruction caused by using fossil or nuclear energy, has been conspicuously ignored. He is taking action by building homes and buildings that attempt to provide all of the power by way of solar energy. Greenpack Construction has the first market rated L.E.E.D. certified platinum level green energy condominiums ever constructed in the city of Chicago.
 
The LEED Green Building Rating System is a standard that measures sustainability. There are four levels that buildings can achieve from the LEED rating system: certified, silver, gold and platinum being the highest. As of July 2005, there are only nine platinum-certified “new construction” buildings in the entire world — two of these buildings are located in India and six in the United States.
 
Listen to his songs I Am the Very Model of a Singularitarian, Transhumanism, Cryonic World, Heaven Can Wait, Atheist, Transvision 2005 Conference in Venezuela (theme song), and Transvision 2006 Conference in Finland (theme song). Read his song lyrics.