When we get out to the 2040s, everything that we're thinking will be backed up. And anything that's digital is backed up. So ultimately, we'll be able to recreate ourselves. The day we reach escape velocity, would we have done so purely by advances in medicines and human physiology? Well, there are different stages. When we haven't backed up our brains, butUltimately, we'll do that because we're going to... That's the whole story, but we'll be can back up what we're thinking and really recreate ourselves.
Would you want to live forever? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil discuss immortality, longevity escape velocity, the singularity, and the future of technology. What will life be like in 10 years?
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