Ray Kurzweil: How technology's accelerating power will transform us

http://www.ted.com Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
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@Entropy56 It does ... ( 4 months ago by sneaksuit)

@Entropy56 It does not prove we should be doing it. We are evolving beyond imaginary peices of paper we have been conditioned to worship. Humanity has always socially evolved and will continue. Put it this way, everything that any human has ever said has been proven wrong or has been updated. That trend will continue. Everything that you have ever heard (what someone told you) and which you've constructed your reality tunnel from, is not true.

@sneaksuit Your so- ... ( 4 months ago by Entropy56)

@sneaksuit Your so-called progressive Socialism and Communism fantasy is regressive, oppressive, anti-freedom, anti-individual, immoral, unnatural, and possible only in a nation of estrogen saturated feminized men.

Socialism and ... ( 4 months ago by sneaksuit)

Socialism and communism still have money so they are not what I'm speaking of. The future I am talking about will allow us to be MORE of an individual and we will have MORE freedom as there will be NO laws. There won't need to be when we realise that hurting each other doesn't get us anywhere. BTW, the way we live is not natural. It is the cause of all crime and mental disease.

@sneaksuit Most ... ( 4 months ago by firespinguy)

@sneaksuit Most socialist and communist countries are very poor, so they don't have money. The only socialist countries with money are the ones with a high amount of natural resoures to sell that counters the negative effects of socialism on their country.

@firespinguy There ... ( 4 months ago by celticcrisis)

@firespinguy There is no communist government on Earth. And socialism still uses a monetary system which hinders growth. Money=classes=war, poverty, starvation, pollution, natural resource extraction independant of sustainability

@firespinguy There ... ( 4 months ago by celticcrisis)

@firespinguy There is no communist government on Earth and if there was we wouldn't want it. And socialism still uses a monetary system which hinders growth. Money=classes=war, poverty, starvation, pollution, natural resource extraction independant of sustainability

@celticcrisis So ... ( 4 months ago by firespinguy)

@celticcrisis So far only capitalism works, it is the one system that brought the most people out of poverty and advanced society the most. Also if you didn't know the only reason humans advanced to this point was because of a monetary system. Before then humans was still living in primitive barter societies. If you want to see a society without a monetary system today look at the amazon tribes. No human is going to do stuff for free and barter societies are inefficient.

Decentralization is ... ( 4 months ago by equsnarnd)

Decentralization is the way to go!

Mr.Kurzweil......if ... ( 3 months ago by noodlesmealey)

Mr.Kurzweil......if you are an "evolutionist" - why are you a 33* freemason?
im a Golem with a cookbook called 'morels & dogfood'

@adam9a9 Way to ... ( 3 months ago by rspaulding)

@adam9a9 Way to make a case! Very compelling! I'm sold! ::shakes head::

@ebze70 Apparently, ... ( 3 months ago by seemysig)

@ebze70 Apparently, by 2010 computers will be so small they will be embedded into our clothing!

@Crewl8808 It's ... ( 3 months ago by BlackJacketJones)

@Crewl8808 It's funny, because I have noticed this same thing about him in quite a few of his interviews as well. He always seems to have to burp.

@firespinguy Really ... ( 3 months ago by JefferySchmitz)

@firespinguy Really? Norway has a budget surplus of 40 billion where do you get your data?

@JefferySchmitz ... ( 3 months ago by firespinguy)

@JefferySchmitz Scandinavia countries like Norway are not true examples of socialism working because they are cheating with a lot of natural resources and unique locations for such small countries. Norway have oil and other natural resources to counter the negative effects of socialism and Norway's population is only 5 million. So other countries can not replicate what Norways or nearby scandinavia countries does.
Also scandinavia is not known for innovation, which is a product of capitalism

@seemysig what? ... ( 3 months ago by enriquesalazar009)

@seemysig what? look at it

@firespinguy I ... ( 2 months ago by alexanderkirkegaard)

@firespinguy I should say that norway holds plenty of patents in regards to innovation.. as do the other scandinavian countries

wait until the ... ( 2 months ago by Spazzboy911)

wait until the price curve finds carbon nano tubes. they'll be cheap quicker than they say these days.

alexanderkirkegaard ... ( 2 months ago by firespinguy)

alexanderkirkegaard It could be, but it is still not known around the world for innovation. I am not bashing Norway, this is just reality. When talking about location encouraging innovation or the latest inventions scandinavian countries are not the first thing people think about.

@ ... ( 2 months ago by firespinguy)

@alexanderkirkegaard that could be, but it is still not known around the world for innovation. I am not bashing Norway, this is just reality. When talking about location encouraging innovation or the latest inventions scandinavian countries are not the first thing people think about.

@Crewl8808 He ... ( 2 months ago by MisterCovek)

@Crewl8808 He finally did it at 01:19

@ebze70 I believe ... ( 1 month ago by Tawaxyon)

@ebze70 I believe he meant 2020.

@Crewl8808 He does ... ( 1 month ago by TheAwakenedHeretic)

@Crewl8808 He does that a lot, I think it's due to all the pills he eats every day.