Nick Bontis

Institute For Intellectual Capital Research, editor of Journal Of Intellectual Capital

on faculty at Mc Master University?

His research articles: http://www.business.mcmaster.ca/mktg/nbontis/research.htm

Bio excerpt: (Knowledge Growth)

In the 1930s, the cumulative codified knowledge base of the world doubled every 30 years

In the 1970s, the cumulative codified knowledge base of the world doubled every 7 years

By the year 2010, the cumulative codified knowledge base of the world will double every 11 hours!

This seems related to the Singularity