| Life in the 2050s – immortal bodies, robot servants, increased wealthImagine living in a powerful, healthy body without fear of unwanted death, in a world with humanoid robots responding to our every need, and in a life filled with abundance and prosperity, free from financial worries.
Though these scenarios may seem too futuristic to happen in just 43 to 53 years, experts believe that exponentially-advancing technologies could indeed make this amazing future possible by the 2050s.
Author Ray Kurzweil, in The Singularity is Near details how our bodies will evolve. Today’s frail human body, “version 1.0”, has a high failure rate (more than 50 million people died last year). Biotech and nanotech advances predicted for the next two decades promise a more durable “version 2.0” that will become immune to many diseases, including aging.
“This brings us to “version 3.0”, a remarkable body boasting a zero failure rate,” Kurzweil says. Even if a destructive accident were to occur, molecular nanotech and quantum computing – expected by mid-century or before – could construct a new body with simulated programming of the patient’s lifetime of mind activities and memories, allowing life to continue |
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