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Ray Kurzweil

September-October 2010

Technology, ethics, and the real meaning of the “Rapture of the Nerds”

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Aging sucks, says Michael Roy Ames. At 45, he sees signs of his own mortality every time he looks in a mirror—the greying and thinning hair, the creases in his face. Ames doesn’t despair, though. He expects to see the day when scientific advances will reverse his aging process, replace his body parts as they […] More »