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#321 – Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality

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Estimating Poverty Changes and Progress in Literacy and Life Expectancy

Options for poverty rate change: increased by 50%, increased by 25%, remain the same, decreased by 25%, decreased by 50%/n88% of people thought poverty had gotten worse or remained the same/nLiteracy rates have increased nearly to 100% across many nations/nAverage years of education and life expectancy have significantly increased/nLife expectancy was 48% in 1900 and is now over 80%/nAdvances in simulated biology will likely continue to increase life expectancy

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