1. Future Visions Of The Obliteration Of Death
If halting the aging process wasn’t enough to shock you, consider pushing it even further by suggesting that future technology will cease aging totally, one day rendering death obsolete. Ray thinks that, one day, humanity will live eternally. He refutes the assumption that “the purpose of life is to accept death,” that “death always means a profound loss in relationships, talent and potential, but that up until now we have had no choice but to rationalize it.”
In Ray’s previous book, “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever,” Ray talks about how individuals should start taking efforts now to lengthen their lives, before the improvements in medical technology have a chance to catch up. Nanotechnology will evolve with time, becoming increasingly competent to repair and restore our biological components. Biotechnology is progressing and will soon make it feasible to switch on and off enzymes, the workhorses of life. Current medical science is taking its initial steps in employing these approaches to remove HDL in the blood to halt atherosclerosis, as well as many other ailments. By constructing ever-increasingly powerful technology, the future entails prolonging human life. Life expectancy rises longer and longer every year: when life expectancy was 37 years in the 1800’s, a thousand years from now, according to Ray, it may well be limitless!
Technology mixing with biology? There is no question you will study our Top Ten list with all sorts of skepticism, and you definitely should be; they are possibly some of the most radical notions about the future yet. Still, for someone like Ray Kurzweil, who has performed incredible things during his lifetime, is there any merit in even contemplating it? Whether you are a believer in science, futurists, or in prophets, or even in the “little things,” undoubtedly these views of the future are vast enough to color your imagination, and light up a realm where space, time and potential surrounds us all on every side.
2. Progress With Extending Human Life?
Of everything that has been stated, number two perhaps has the most evidence to back it, particularly in recent years. Gerontologists and scientists are uncovering more and more evidence that the aging process may be slowed down. Ray talks extensively about how nanotechnology and nano-bots will reduce the aging process, by travelling into the bloodstream to eliminate viruses, reverse the aging process, and fix DNA mistakes. To add to that, Ray even speaks of downloading the mind onto another carrier, which is undoubtedly the most implausible, but most thought-provoking, notion that Ray has presented yet.
3. The Future Of Space Travel Image result for astronaut in space
Futurist Arthur C. Clarke, regarded a visionary regarding space travel, thinks it is just a matter of time until we develop safe and inexpensive space propulsion technology. The issues, however, are not only in constructing such technology and making it accessible, but to adapt ourselves to endure the detrimental consequences that space flight has on the human body. Ray thinks that we may soon be able to change our own DNA using developing technologies in order to sustain space travel, since DNA does not fair well in space. By doing all, we will be able to take greater and farther excursions out into space.
4. Space Exploration In 1,000 Years
Humanity has not kept its feet on the ground and, whether it be to the limitations of the Earth or our own biology, we are constantly on a journey to find and explore our environment, and the space beyond it. In 1,000 years, exactly how far will humanity have gone? According to Ray, we will have mapped out considerably more of the the universe. We shall be able to forecast future cosmic happenings that potentially influence the Earth, and the implications that any such catastrophes might bring for humans.
The primary motivation for space travel, however, is not just to uncover how the cosmos works, but to seek out new and intriguing worlds that have the potential to sustain human existence, should adverse circumstances emerge. So far, probable planets to live on that we have identified are too far out of our grasp, which takes us to our next part on the list.
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