Transcendent Man
I recently had the chance to watch the film Transcendent Man- The documentary is about the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil... Coined the rightful heir to Edison, Ray Kurzweil has been awarded every possible scientific honor there is, his scientific extrapolations and predictions about the future have a almost perfect 30 year track record, and his predictions for the next couple of decades will make any sci-fi junkie drool...
Among his predictions- We will gain mastery over our biochemistry, reprogram it, cure every disease including aging itself... we will use biotech and nanotech to improve ourselves, the shift from biological evolution to technological evolution will assure that the rate of accelerating change and improvement will continue exponentially until humanity 2.0. emerges, and finally a super-consciousness man/machine hybrid will seed the universe with intelligence...
The film ends with a quite poetic line where Kurzweil discusses the existence of God. Does he believe that god exists? "Not yet" he answers. I laughed and was reminded of a line from Alan Harrington's excellent book, The Immortalist: "Having invented the gods, now we can become them." For more information, visit www.Transcendentman.com and www.kurzweilai.net
-Jason
Among his predictions- We will gain mastery over our biochemistry, reprogram it, cure every disease including aging itself... we will use biotech and nanotech to improve ourselves, the shift from biological evolution to technological evolution will assure that the rate of accelerating change and improvement will continue exponentially until humanity 2.0. emerges, and finally a super-consciousness man/machine hybrid will seed the universe with intelligence...
The film ends with a quite poetic line where Kurzweil discusses the existence of God. Does he believe that god exists? "Not yet" he answers. I laughed and was reminded of a line from Alan Harrington's excellent book, The Immortalist: "Having invented the gods, now we can become them." For more information, visit www.Transcendentman.com and www.kurzweilai.net
-Jason
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