This a pretty common theme Kurzweil, isn’t the only who has discussed this vision of the future. Last year someone dug up some decades old interviews with Clark and Asimov discussing similar themes ...

I’d prefer to resist change, because while I have done quite well for myself in a tech field. And already only have to work less then half of the year ( which seems to leave me with way too much time to surf the web rather doing grand things ) . I’ve also worked in low skill jobs and realize some people will need…

Psst they also use it for other things ....

Contrary to believes of the tinfoil hat crowd the government is really lousy at keeping secrets.

OMG I can’t wait for the door handles on the iCar S it will be so awesome to open the door and get inside...

Yes no iOS update has never gone wrong.... LOL

Being a visionary and making money are mutually elusive ??

You’re impressed by a computer that lasts 4 years ? I’m afraid to ask what you normally do to your electronics ?

Strangely enough, the vast majority of children in human history have survived until adulthood without a smartphone or another electronic device.

We seriously need to lose the term “Free Range Kids “

Well one of the brilliant things they did here is permit many new buildings without any parking on the assumption that people would only use bikes or public transit ( because some genius said millennials don’t want cars, turns out millennials with high paying tech jobs want cars and urban living ) . But the reality…

Ok so I’ve worked in various parts offshore oil industry for almost two decades now . In the late 90’s I spent half a year working on well stimulation vessel ( i.e. Fracking ) in the Gulf Of Mexico. The chemicals we had on board where highly toxic. I left that job for another job where I initially flunked my…

LOL ... Working in the industry I can tell land drillers ( especially here in the US ) aren’t big on doing things right, there all about doing it cheap and quick .

No ... My employment contracts are based on oil prices . But I’m not worried prices will go up again.

Its from a well know incident in New York City ( I was using it to illustrate my comment )

“Seattle is quite different since it is a much lower density city with a lot of room to expand and plenty of market rate housing at a reasonable price.”

I remember hearing about something like this here in Seattle ( where we also have some seriously exaggerated housing prices), and I believe the period was less then a decade ( I don’t remember the exact period but I recall thinking it wasn’t a serious effort to help anyone ).

“ for a certain period of time. “ that’s the key here, and then they boot all the undesirables out.

I know ... I didn’t say otherwise, it was used to illustrate a point mad in my comment .

Yes but the x-47 is much bigger ...