By: Chaorder Gradient
i really can’t stand Ray Kurzweil… one random giant leap of faith after another.
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exactly. Digital technology is filled with illusory advancement. And they didnt make phones better, they just made really small computers and tacked a phone on it.
View ArticleBy: Chaorder Gradient
Ray Kurzweil’s singularity based “futurism” is another form of a rapture-based religion, where the “good people” enter the super duper awesome singularity mind, and the rest are left to waste away. its...
View ArticleBy: The only thing to get is money
Ray Kurzweil is an optimistic nut and buffoon. Really 20 years? Add another 0 to that buddy, and it may not even come that soon. Religion, politics, stupidity, all these things will slow/halt progress.
View ArticleBy: BuzzCoastin
for the average Joe living forever is 70 years what exactly would they do with all the extra time? watch more TV? buy more meds? more garage sales? and just exactly how would one avoid boredom that...
View ArticleBy: Calypso_1
Agreed. I’m curious though, as I would not classify you as those you just described, how long would you choose to live if it were solely up to you, assuming sustained vitality?
View ArticleBy: BuzzCoastin
compared to the average Joe I’ve lived a really interesting & adventurous life and even I don’t want to live forever presently I’m well over 30 but I am in better shape than I was then and haven’t...
View ArticleBy: ab
I agree with previous comments. Our system is obsolete and its time to implement new ways of thinking and living. We will never evolve into great realms while greed exists. Eliminate the monetary...
View ArticleBy: Jin The Ninja
nai nai turned 83 this year, my gread grandmother lived to 101. but i feel the same, even if i have longevity in my bones, i’d rather peace out gracefully than have serious age related health problems.
View ArticleBy: Jin The Ninja
for me it depends. am i tetsuo iron man? am i raging against society on tokyo’s cyberpunk streets? or am trapped in a post-scarcity virtual matrix where i have no contact whatsoever? if the former then...
View ArticleBy: Anarchy Pony
I was toying with this idea for a cyberpunk story centered on “eco-nihilists” who are people leftover from the eco movement in a future of total biosphere collapse. They basically seek wholesale...
View ArticleBy: Highlander
This guy ingests a ridiculous amount of supplement pill everyday and says it helps him live longer. Ironically he is also a big part of a company that makes dietary supplements. Most of his statements...
View ArticleBy: Bruteloop
And this is a good thing? Hell, some have overstayed their welcome by the time they’re in their twenties. The inevitability of death makes life sweet and real. The rest is just marketing.
View ArticleBy: Monkey See Monkey Do
His talking to his buddies in the upper-class, rarely do technologists talk to anyone else.
View ArticleBy: Monkey See Monkey Do
I’ve always thought that he uses his brand of hype to attract wealthy investors willing to buy into a new religion.
View ArticleBy: scorzonera
Longevity escape velocity – Aubrey de Grey crops up on British tv now and again proposing it. Just as whacky – in my opinion – but much more entertaining. http://youtu.be/8iYpxRXlboQ
View ArticleBy: Sergio.Poalsky
stopping aging would stop the “growing old” process and you could maintain your current age indefinitley; presuming you dont get run over or contract some disease. I think if this does happen we will...
View ArticleBy: mannyfurious
I mean, you’ve pretty much nailed it Buzz. Considering that most human beings hate life–like truly hate it, but in an inarticulate, unconscious kind of way–I’m not so sure what the appeal of living...
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