Still seems like such a fantasy to so many. Some refuse to believe it. We are only in the early stages of actually understanding the possibilities but...
Some scientists believe they have found a cure to aging, indefinitely. I told my mother this recently, and she absolutely refused to believe me. It's an exciting prospect to think that by the 2040s we'll all have the opportunity to have thousands of affordable nano chips floating around in our brains and blood stream monitoring discrepancies, correcting any errors, and in a sense reversing the aging process. Is that really so difficult to believe?
A modern-day hero of mine is Ray Kurzweil. He has been studying how the trend of technology develops exponentially, as opposed to linearly, which is the way humans have evolved. Since our minds also think and evolve linearly, this is a concept that is still most difficult for humans to grasp.
I was turned onto Ray while at a newsstand in Kuala Lumpur. I found this issue of Time magazine, and after reading, my life has never been the same. Kruzweil (as well as I) now believe that computers are slowly (and quickly) becoming intelligent, and computing power will one day surpass that of all humanity. Fascinating. And believable.
Is it really that difficult to comprehend? No. Difficult to accept? For many, the answer is still yes. But not for me.
I will cover this topic again down the road, because this is something that is not going away.
Keep the faith.
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