Ray Kurzweil on Radical Life Extension AND Expansion
Ray Kurzweil talks about how advances in technology are leading to radical life extension
Ray Kurzweil talks about how advances in technology are leading to radical life extension
One of the 6 Steps in the R.E.C.I.P.E. formula I discuss in my Retirement Singularity: End of Retirement FREE Report (coming out very soon) is the idea that we should have money set aside to pay for new medical treatments that are not available in our country and/or covered under medical plans (assuming we have a medical plan!).
One current example of this is stem cell therapy.
Technology is advancing at an increasing rate. One phenomenon that fuels this is the overlapping of technologies. This convergence of technologies will accelerate change and will likely surprise us in its impacts to our daily lives in the years ahead. We live in interesting times!
3D Printing is a Creative AND Disruptive technology whose time has nearly come. 3D Printing or “additive manufacturing” is rapidly approaching the price / utility point of being a truly creative AND disruptive force in manufacturing, retail and nearly all areas of the economy.
Because of the way we think about the future, we typically under-estimate the impact of exponential changes. Technology is advancing exponentially. Partly because the new technology is used to create the more powerful successor. How is this, and will this, show up in our financial lives?
For most people recently – or about to – retire, one of the keys to a successful retirement plan is to understand the financial implications of radical life extension. … The damage that our faulty biological programming causes is repairable and ultimately fixable!
One of the more fantastic seeming predictions having to do with extreme life extention involves the use of microscopic nanobots swimming around in our bloodstream monitoring our health, clearing debris and toxins and keeping us healthy from the inside out. So far this month, a number of reports show how medical technologies are actually working…
The prospect of extreme longevity will change, yet again, how we think about the notion of retirement. This is “RetirementSingularity”. The idea of “The New Retirement” refers to a shift in how many of us are thinking about retirement. The old version went like this; You go to school, you get a job, you work and save money for…
The documentary “Transcendent Man” presents the gist of most of the themes of Kurzweil’s book “The Singularity Is Near” in an entertaining way, along with some interesting commentary by supporters and detractors.
Retirement Planning contains many elements. The approaching Singularity will change every element.