Biological Evolution Is Too Slow

There Is One Brain Organ That Is Optimised For Understanding And Articulating Logical Processes And That Is The Outer Layer Of The Brain, Called The Cerebral Cortex. Unlike The Rest Of The Brain, This Relatively Recent Evolutionary Development Is Rather Flat, Only About 0.32 Cm (0.12 In) Thick And Includes A Mere 6 Million Neurons. This Elaborately Folded Organ Provides Us With What Little Competence We Do Possess For Understanding What We Do And Who We Do It.

By 2009, Computers Will Disappear. Displays Will Be Written Directly Onto Our Retinas By Devices In Our Eyeglasses And Contact Lenses.

Those With Engineering Skills Will Build Tomorrow's Genius Computers. But Those With The Ability To Create Knowledge Of Any Kind Will Be The Ones Who Are Best Able To Extract Great Value From Them. The Way To Create Value In The Age Of Genius Machines Will Be To Compile And Disseminate Knowledge That Other People Will Find Useful.

We Have The Means Right Now To Live Long Enough To Live Forever. Existing Knowledge Can Be Aggressively Applied To Dramatically Slow Down Aging Processes So We Can Still Be In Vital Health When The More Radical Life-extending Therapies From Biotechnology And Nanotechnology Become Available. But Most Baby Boomers Won't Make It Because They Are Unaware Of The Accelerating Aging Process In Their Bodies And The Opportunity To Intervene.

If We Could Convert 0.03 Percent Of The Sunlight That Falls On The Earth Into Energy, We Could Meet All Of Our Projected Needs For 2030.