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7 Emerging Technologies

#1
C C Offline
http://www.futurist.com/2015/10/02/7-eme...hnologies/

EXCERPT: I come across lists of emerging technologies all the time. This one, from the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies is particularly good. This institute was founded in 2004 by philosopher Nick Bostrom and bioethicist James J. Hughes. The list of 7 technologies that will “change the world forever” was written by futurist Gray Scott. I’ll add a short comment on each of the seven items, which are more fully explained in the original article....

INCLUDED: Age reversal; artificial general intelligence; vertical pink farms; initial stages of transhumanism; wearables and implantables; atmospheric water harvesting; expanding capacities of 3D printing
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Magical Realist Offline
"Comment: There is also ongoing work at Stanford, Utah and elsewhere with reversing aging by lengthening the telomeres at the end of DNA strands, which it is believed could lengthen life spans. The problem with all of this research is that reversing aging processes, while promising, does not eliminate some of the major causes of death such as cancer. Until and unless that is solved age extension technologies will have less than hoped for impact."

Oh but how much more melodramatic dying as our 20 year old self of cancer is than dying as some wrinkled up 90 year old self! People might even gather to watch your cord get pulled. Not to mention a beautiful obituary photo of you!

Still, before lengthening our lifespans to such an extent, maybe we oughta cure cancer, diabetes, and alzheimer's first.


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