Ray Kurzweil

Technology and Science come hand in hand. It is unbelieveable how unpredictable, yet predictable the future. The possibility of overcoming poverty is amazing, maybe this will lead to equal social classes in most societies. As Kurzweil basically pointed out the future of technology will only make our lives more convienent, and possibly change the age of life expectancy with the nanotechnology that is starting to bloom. Most of the lecture that Kurzweil gave was beyound me however his main points made complete sense. Exponential growth is very important, and most people even if they are not very technologically advanced can see that every day there is something new introduced in the world of techology. Is it even possible that computers will be out of the picture because everything around us will have the capabilities of a computer? Multimedia is rapidly expanding and will continue for generations to come. Overall the thought that Kurzweil being able to attempt to predict the future is very interesting. I think that things will develop so quickly that maybe Kurweil will be behind in his predictions.