Ray Kurzweil: Your life in 2029. What 5 years of exponentiation will do.

Ray is questioned about his optimism for the financial future of the world. He answers by drawing from multiple facets of emerging sciences to characterize how the converging technologies will revolutionize how we live.

[jamesrice]

His predictions were for the 2020s, not 2023. Includes 2029. Doing pretty good, actually.

[kylemichels]

The fuck is wrong with this comment section? You boys don’t get it. The future is gunna rock!

[andreagalasso]

So, here we are. Was Ray a good predictor?

[verigone]

Humans have this strange problem with their brains that is a left over from surviving in a harsh wilderness. Our strongest memories tend to be the top highlights of good memories and ALL of your worst memories. If an early human forgets that something makes you happy all they did was facilitate another opportunity for discovery and another happy memory, if they forget a bad memory they have a higher likelihood to repeat a mortal mistake. Evolution rewarded Neuroticism, Anxiety, Social Manipulation, and self preservation for the first few million years of all life. By the time humans added conscious thought the capacity for Optimism was all but capped at a trivially low capacity. Religion was originally what overcame that shortcoming of evolving from a fragile monkey in a world of massive predators. That too was manipulated and regurgitated back to people and also made into an instrument of fear and control. This added to our apprehension of accepting anything we can't discover for ourselves. Longevity, or approaching the Escape velocity of aging is the ONLY thing that can solidify our "new" lives as world shapers instead of survivors and potentially remove that pessimism encoded into our genes through what we could only define as a reduced mental capacity for positivity. It is the realization that we all die that really messes the whole thing up, understanding mortality is what leads to social manipulation and neuroticism. Because we are a social species, fear of death causes your brain to question everything around especially others because you are well aware of your thoughts so you can only imagine the temptations others battle. I for one am quite excited to meet myself and talk to him from a more objective point of view, to see just how badly I lie to myself.

[TheGuitarGod]

Trillions fold increase in computing capability since the 60’s, but still can’t figure out how to dye the full head of hair.

[MC-nfjs]

well aged bady. Things only gotten worse so far in the 2020s with pandemic, war, inflation and a looming recession.

[lasaventurasdepetitevicky]

I see the scientific and academic community making titanic efforts in the search for such superficial technological advances, I have a beautiful 15-year-old daughter who has generalized disorder Of development with autism spectrum, she is very intelligent and capable, she just needs to achieve that bridge between her and the world and manage to order her thoughts, neurologists and specialists do not know how to explain which is what does not work well in her, all kinds of studies were carried out and everything comes out normal. The knowledge and tools of specialists remain the same as 15 years ago, zero Advances, no new studies and to this day the same harmful and dangerous myths remain alive as that it is caused by vaccines or diet. It seems that there is no glory in devoting oneself to making discoveries and advances in this field, it should not pay well perhaps or probably will pay very well that children like her do not improve

[anman]

Rich get richer and live longer, poor suffer more during life and die sooner. Nice plan.

[GwarFluffyGoreGuts]

I wonder if he still takes 150 pills aday

[rvnmedic]

Crazy hairpiece - or a squirrel died on top of his head. Ignore him and closely observe the interviewer...

[crazieeez]

This guy is disingenuous. What people want to know about productivity is how it is improving their LIFE. It is not about the progress of technology but the progress of human conditions like shelter, healthcare, healthy better food, transportation, sex, and fun. 3 big issues we need to take care of are: 1. poverty. There are still billions of people living in poverty. 2. energy. We need to figure how we can generate super cheap environmentally safe energy. 3. climate change. We need to figure how to reverse climate change, carbon sequestration.

[stylerteam]

IMPOSSIBLE! NO WAY, hes not optimistic hes delusional! The world sucks and it will stay this way

[sheilaprice]

This man has a great fear of dying...I think I know why... Perhaps he will get his wish??Revelation 9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them....and then the judgement...Wouldn't want to be him...

[Godsoldier]

His futures so bright he will fall when he sees the light of God!