Anno 2030

I was first exposed to Ray Kurzweil’s ideas about the future in the book The Singularity is Near in 2007.  The general thesis seemed correct, but the actual predictions that came out of that thesis seemed too mind boggling to take seriously. It was obvious that the exponential nature of technological progress would alter the trajectory of humanity in my lifetime, but the speed at which this would take place did not seem so obvious. I was dealing with significant health challenges at the time and this promise of a healthy future made me become somewhat obsessed with Kurzweil's ideas. They ended up having a major impact on how I thought about the world.

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