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The future is now? Pretty soon, at least


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"Do you have trouble sticking to a diet? Have patience. Within 10 years, Dr. Kurzweil explained, there will be a drug that lets you eat whatever you want without gaining weight.

Worried about greenhouse gas emissions? Have faith. Solar power may look terribly uneconomical at the moment, but with the exponential progress being made in nanoengineering, Dr. Kurzweil calculates that it’ll be cost-competitive with fossil fuels in just five years, and that within 20 years all our energy will come from clean sources.

Are you depressed by the prospect of dying? Well, if you can hang on another 15 years, your life expectancy will keep rising every year faster than you’re aging. And then, before the century is even half over, you can be around for the Singularity, that revolutionary transition when humans and/or machines start evolving into immortal beings with ever-improving software.

At least that’s Dr. Kurzweil’s calculation. It may sound too good to be true, but even his critics acknowledge he’s not your ordinary sci-fi fantasist. He is a futurist with a track record and enough credibility for the National Academy of Engineering to publish his sunny forecast for solar energy."
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6 responses // The future is now? Pretty soon, at least

  • i can't wait until I'm 80 to look back and say "in my day we had i-pods and cell phones, none of that micro hydro hologram stuff"
    pilgrimperks
  • haha I know!
    I hope this guy is right! I would love to live to a ripe 200, eat as many eclairs as i want, and drive a solar powered car.
    lemonsun12
  • Drive? You wont have to drive in the future. The "hover-cars" will fly themselves.
    ivxx
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  • I still want my flying 'Jetsons' car.
    shroomfairy

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