One of the things I enjoy most about living in Gotham is the yearly 92nd St Y lecture series. This year along they have Craig Venter, Brian Greene, and the always fun Malcom Gladwell.
Last night was an incredible lecture by Ray Kurzweil. Ray is a Big Thinker. His ideas are honking huge and highly controversial. Last night he touched on:
* The rise of 3-dimensional computing
* Exponential decrease in cost (in time and money) of sequencing a base pair
* Radical shifts in what computing will look like
* Integration of computing with the human body
* Artificial blood cells
* Rapidly accelerating innovation
* By 2015 the ability to live for signficiantly longer time than now
* And perhaps the most controversial: By 2020 the ability to live forever. Yes, eternal life.
You say wow maybe? Ray puts it out there like few people I have seen. He is a controversial big thinker no doubt about that, but he has been right in the past and he makes a compelling case. I think he may be on to something. The lecture was focused on Ray’s new book Fantastic Voyage, picked it up at the lecture and had him sign it. Updates on thoughts soon….
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