Ray Kurzweil: How technology's accelerating power will transform us

Ray Kurzweil: How technology's accelerating power will transform us


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http://www.ted.com Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
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