I enjoy looking at how people used to think about their own time. And particularly when we increase our own intelligence, we're going to think of all kinds of things we can't even imagine today. So if you have machines doing it, now there's less work, total work to do in the world without anyone thinking that maybe you're freed up to think of other things.
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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