Ray Kurzweil is perhaps one of the foremost technological optimists in the world today. He says that we are nearing a period where technology will transform what it means to be human. Here is a question and answer with him from the New York Times. We will talk about the Industrial Revolution as one of the fundamental changes in human society. Kurzweil says what is coming will be even bigger. He thinks humans will live forever. (It is interesting that Stephen Jobs said that death was the greatest invention.) Do you think that people living forever would hurt society?
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