Here's What Futurist Ray Kurzweil Thinks Life Will Be Like In The Next 20 Years

  • Our brains will extend to the cloud, which will allow us to learn new things at any age.
  • We will be able to selectively erase pieces of our memory.
  • We’ll be in augmented reality at all times.
  • By 2029, machines will be able to match the intelligence of humans, and they’ll be able to make us laugh and cry.
  • Around the 2030s, tiny “nanobots” able to repair and preserve our organs will keep us healthier and smarter.
  • 3D printing will be even more common than it is today, with public 3D printing stations for people to print out clothes, toys, and anything else.
  • Within 25 years, computers will be the size of a blood cell and we’ll be able to connect it to the brain without the need for surgery.
  • Society will reach a state of “technological singularity” in 2045 where technology enables superhuman machine intelligences to emerge and people and machines become deeply integrated.

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6 months ago

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  1. neon-wasteland reblogged this from courtenaybird
  2. thiswillbedust reblogged this from courtenaybird and added:
    Perhaps hasn’t considered the potential for a global financial collapse… But obviously has hope
  3. jfn-justfornerds reblogged this from parttimefrankenstein0
  4. americandementia reblogged this from eddietg and added:
    and then the skynet war will begin
  5. parttimefrankenstein0 reblogged this from places-to-be-and-butts-to-touch and added:
    Skynet
  6. places-to-be-and-butts-to-touch reblogged this from eddietg
  7. whenindoubtskate reblogged this from eddietg and added:
    In my own opinion that sounds like a bad idea..
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  10. cindybam reblogged this from courtenaybird and added:
    …
  11. richardtweiser reblogged this from emergentfutures
  12. spacecowboywhit reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Granted, there is more to the Singularity than Kurzweil, but he paints the prettiest picture.
  13. okli reblogged this from peterbenei
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  15. drmarkclewis reblogged this from emergentfutures
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  17. millersmessages reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    The future.
  18. raremesh reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    …and then Skynet becomes self aware ;)
  19. transfixussednonmortuus reblogged this from emergentfutures
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  21. troysultan reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Craziness!
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  23. bluemoonrising31 reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    Bring it on :)
  24. wordsmithandweb reblogged this from emergentfutures and added:
    One of my favorite writers, theorists and philosopher kings holds forth on the next 20 years. Very interesting...
  25. neurologytheater reblogged this from emergentfutures

courtenaybird
I lead biz dev & sales at UNION METRICS. We do impact and engagement analytics for Twitter (TweetReach) and Tumblr.


Born and raised in Atlanta, I completed my Master's in Digital Media at Georgia Tech and moved to San Francisco in April 2010 to consult on new media strategy for top companies and consumer brands.

courtenay [at] unionmetrics [dot] com

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