[Applause] when I was a child in the 70s in
when I was a child in the 70s in
when I was a child in the 70s in Budapest Hungary I was so sure that by
Budapest Hungary I was so sure that by
Budapest Hungary I was so sure that by this time we will be living in space
time was also different I had the luxury
time was also different I had the luxury of being bored
of being bored
of being bored I remember that I would read a book and
I remember that I would read a book and
I remember that I would read a book and having finished it I would start over
having finished it I would start over
having finished it I would start over right after to read it again I felt I
right after to read it again I felt I
right after to read it again I felt I could read every book I could visit
could read every book I could visit
could read every book I could visit every country I could sample any meal
every country I could sample any meal
every country I could sample any meal well maybe with the meal sorry I still
well maybe with the meal sorry I still
well maybe with the meal sorry I still feel like that a little bit and then I
feel like that a little bit and then I
feel like that a little bit and then I started to understand that actually I
started to understand that actually I
started to understand that actually I was mortal and technically superficially
was mortal and technically superficially
was mortal and technically superficially at least that I had to start
at least that I had to start
at least that I had to start understanding what my priorities were
understanding what my priorities were
understanding what my priorities were did it happen when my father died or
did it happen when my father died or
did it happen when my father died or when I had my own children in my 20s in
when I had my own children in my 20s in
when I had my own children in my 20s in any case opportunity costs resource
any case opportunity costs resource
any case opportunity costs resource allocations these considerations started
allocations these considerations started
allocations these considerations started to play a role in the way I would think
to play a role in the way I would think
to play a role in the way I would think about time and what I could achieve in
about time and what I could achieve in
about time and what I could achieve in what I could do and then as an
what I could do and then as an
what I could do and then as an entrepreneur and an investor I realized
entrepreneur and an investor I realized
entrepreneur and an investor I realized that the careful analysis
that the careful analysis
that the careful analysis is not always possible or even the best
is not always possible or even the best
is not always possible or even the best way to go when you look at these ruptal
way to go when you look at these ruptal
way to go when you look at these ruptal opportunities that we are seeing around
opportunities that we are seeing around
opportunities that we are seeing around us shaping society that we are living
us shaping society that we are living
us shaping society that we are living the computers the smartphone’s
the computers the smartphone’s
the computers the smartphone’s Internet of Things artificial
Internet of Things artificial
Internet of Things artificial intelligence these are shaping our world
intelligence these are shaping our world
intelligence these are shaping our world many of those inventions are realized by
many of those inventions are realized by
many of those inventions are realized by thinkers and even more importantly doers
thinkers and even more importantly doers
thinkers and even more importantly doers who are courageous enough to go beyond
who are courageous enough to go beyond
who are courageous enough to go beyond the boundaries of the reality shared by
the boundaries of the reality shared by
the boundaries of the reality shared by many and indeed I have a group of
many and indeed I have a group of
many and indeed I have a group of friends who are working as we speak on
friends who are working as we speak on
friends who are working as we speak on checking off one by one the causes of
checking off one by one the causes of
checking off one by one the causes of death in order to extend biological life
death in order to extend biological life
death in order to extend biological life in order to allow us to live on average
in order to allow us to live on average
in order to allow us to live on average a hundred 120 150 maybe or more and many
a hundred 120 150 maybe or more and many
a hundred 120 150 maybe or more and many of us are excited about that possibility
of us are excited about that possibility
of us are excited about that possibility and what they mean of course is not
and what they mean of course is not
and what they mean of course is not progressively becoming evermore decrepit
mummified in our robotic wheelchairs
mummified in our robotic wheelchairs what they mean is healthy lifespans that
what they mean is healthy lifespans that
what they mean is healthy lifespans that we can enjoy where we can build new
we can enjoy where we can build new
we can enjoy where we can build new skills help others strengths and
skills help others strengths and
skills help others strengths and communities until such time that the
communities until such time that the
communities until such time that the proverbial bus hits us
because you can repair a lot of things
because you can repair a lot of things but it is not easy to back put back
but it is not easy to back put back
but it is not easy to back put back together the the squishy material of our
together the the squishy material of our
together the the squishy material of our brain barely protected by our cranium
brain barely protected by our cranium
brain barely protected by our cranium where we understand our consciousness
where we understand our consciousness
where we understand our consciousness our very essence lives well here is
our very essence lives well here is
our very essence lives well here is another group of friends they are
another group of friends they are
another group of friends they are working under the assumption that the
working under the assumption that the
working under the assumption that the current technology that allows us to
current technology that allows us to
current technology that allows us to analyze and record the functioning of
analyze and record the functioning of
analyze and record the functioning of the brain can proceed and progress
the brain can proceed and progress
the brain can proceed and progress becoming ever more effective similarly
becoming ever more effective similarly
becoming ever more effective similarly to how primitive computers in the 40s
to how primitive computers in the 40s
to how primitive computers in the 40s and 50s became the incredible tools of
and 50s became the incredible tools of
and 50s became the incredible tools of magic that all of us are carrying now in
magic that all of us are carrying now in
magic that all of us are carrying now in our pockets that in essence it is
our pockets that in essence it is
our pockets that in essence it is possible to create a backup copy of the
possible to create a backup copy of the
possible to create a backup copy of the mind and when needed eventually to
mind and when needed eventually to
mind and when needed eventually to restore it in a substrate that will be
restore it in a substrate that will be
restore it in a substrate that will be sturdier more resistant and will last
sturdier more resistant and will last
sturdier more resistant and will last longer but that it will label it will be
longer but that it will label it will be
longer but that it will label it will be able to support the same kind of
able to support the same kind of
able to support the same kind of subjective experience that we call
subjective experience that we call
subjective experience that we call self-awareness living experiencing the
self-awareness living experiencing the
self-awareness living experiencing the world and so maybe one day you will meet
world and so maybe one day you will meet
world and so maybe one day you will meet me in my shiny new robotic body and as I
me in my shiny new robotic body and as I
me in my shiny new robotic body and as I greet you you will be able to ask
greet you you will be able to ask
greet you you will be able to ask yourself questioningly
yourself questioningly
yourself questioningly suspiciously why not is this really
suspiciously why not is this really
suspiciously why not is this really David and then we will have a series of
David and then we will have a series of
David and then we will have a series of conversations you will test my past
conversations you will test my past
conversations you will test my past memories you will try me whether I am
memories you will try me whether I am
memories you will try me whether I am reacting the same way to jokes that you
reacting the same way to jokes that you
reacting the same way to jokes that you tell whether I can tell
tell whether I can tell
tell whether I can tell jokin any other way to establish whether
jokin any other way to establish whether
jokin any other way to establish whether you should abandon your skepticism and
you should abandon your skepticism and
you should abandon your skepticism and embrace me maybe even physically to feel
embrace me maybe even physically to feel
embrace me maybe even physically to feel that I am still there so the fact that
that I am still there so the fact that
that I am still there so the fact that this may actually happen comes from
this may actually happen comes from
this may actually happen comes from experience of changes in society where
experience of changes in society where
experience of changes in society where very unexpected things surprised a lot
very unexpected things surprised a lot
very unexpected things surprised a lot of us and we felt discomfort in there
of us and we felt discomfort in there
of us and we felt discomfort in there becoming part of society and everyday
becoming part of society and everyday
becoming part of society and everyday life until a new generation came for
life until a new generation came for
life until a new generation came for whom it was just part of their natural
whom it was just part of their natural
whom it was just part of their natural world
world
world the power of the habits that drive us
the power of the habits that drive us
the power of the habits that drive us day after day where we can walk and we
day after day where we can walk and we
day after day where we can walk and we assume that the terrain under our feet
assume that the terrain under our feet
assume that the terrain under our feet will hold it will be solid enough until
will hold it will be solid enough until
will hold it will be solid enough until we find quicksand or an assumption which
we find quicksand or an assumption which
we find quicksand or an assumption which is universally shared at least I hope
is universally shared at least I hope
is universally shared at least I hope that as we go to sleep the next day we
that as we go to sleep the next day we
that as we go to sleep the next day we will wake up and having a woken actually
will wake up and having a woken actually
will wake up and having a woken actually we haven’t just been instantiated like
we haven’t just been instantiated like
we haven’t just been instantiated like having been born as adults including all
having been born as adults including all
having been born as adults including all of our memories but that remembering
of our memories but that remembering
of our memories but that remembering yesterday is a reality that joins us
yesterday is a reality that joins us
yesterday is a reality that joins us together the nature of the new world
together the nature of the new world
together the nature of the new world that will rise from sharing the planet
that will rise from sharing the planet
that will rise from sharing the planet with other humans that are not
with other humans that are not
with other humans that are not necessarily made out of meat is going to
necessarily made out of meat is going to
necessarily made out of meat is going to be strange and oftentimes of course
be strange and oftentimes of course
be strange and oftentimes of course there are unexpected
there are unexpected
there are unexpected sequences of technologies most commonly
sequences of technologies most commonly
sequences of technologies most commonly the analysis is well they can be used
the analysis is well they can be used
the analysis is well they can be used for good and for bad and those of us who
for good and for bad and those of us who
for good and for bad and those of us who look at the history of civilization
look at the history of civilization
look at the history of civilization and claim that it is because of our
and claim that it is because of our
and claim that it is because of our capacity to apply reason and science
capacity to apply reason and science
capacity to apply reason and science that technology was able to build the
that technology was able to build the
that technology was able to build the wonderful world in our global
wonderful world in our global
wonderful world in our global civilization and give opportunities to
civilization and give opportunities to
civilization and give opportunities to seven billion people and more to fulfill
seven billion people and more to fulfill
seven billion people and more to fulfill their potential we want technologies to
their potential we want technologies to
their potential we want technologies to be good on balance unexpected still they
be good on balance unexpected still they
be good on balance unexpected still they may be indeed rather than the new shiny
may be indeed rather than the new shiny
may be indeed rather than the new shiny robotic body and the synthetic but
robotic body and the synthetic but
robotic body and the synthetic but genuinely human mind that inhabits it
genuinely human mind that inhabits it
genuinely human mind that inhabits it being just back up to be used in case of
being just back up to be used in case of
being just back up to be used in case of emergency what will unavoidably happen
emergency what will unavoidably happen
emergency what will unavoidably happen maybe be teenagers first is to start
maybe be teenagers first is to start
maybe be teenagers first is to start booting up these copies in parallel
booting up these copies in parallel
booting up these copies in parallel instead because there is no reason not
instead because there is no reason not
instead because there is no reason not to
to
to it is experiment that somebody will try
it is experiment that somebody will try
it is experiment that somebody will try and somebody else will copy and then it
and somebody else will copy and then it
and somebody else will copy and then it will spread like a virus imagine the
will spread like a virus imagine the
will spread like a virus imagine the possibilities passion and creativity in
possibilities passion and creativity in
possibilities passion and creativity in an abundance that we have never seen
an abundance that we have never seen
an abundance that we have never seen before any skill any experience there
before any skill any experience there
before any skill any experience there will be no problem that is deep that we
will be no problem that is deep that we
will be no problem that is deep that we wouldn’t be able to analyze and to
wouldn’t be able to analyze and to
wouldn’t be able to analyze and to address
and of course in a world as full of
and of course in a world as full of possibilities as the one you and I share
possibilities as the one you and I share
possibilities as the one you and I share where we are always looking out what are
where we are always looking out what are
where we are always looking out what are the things that we should be doing
the things that we should be doing
the things that we should be doing instead of the ones that we are doing
instead of the ones that we are doing
instead of the ones that we are doing right now the phones that drive our
right now the phones that drive our
right now the phones that drive our attention deficit disorder and enhance
attention deficit disorder and enhance
attention deficit disorder and enhance it and increase it because of our fear
it and increase it because of our fear
it and increase it because of our fear of missing out is going to change into a
of missing out is going to change into a
of missing out is going to change into a new world of a new hashtag we will
new world of a new hashtag we will
new world of a new hashtag we will welcome no FOMO and then winner after a
welcome no FOMO and then winner after a
welcome no FOMO and then winner after a minute or an hour or a month we will
minute or an hour or a month we will
minute or an hour or a month we will recognize and realize the dozen of me or
recognize and realize the dozen of me or
recognize and realize the dozen of me or so that I booted up having started from
so that I booted up having started from
so that I booted up having started from a common set of memories and experiences
a common set of memories and experiences
a common set of memories and experiences will naturally diverge their experiences
will naturally diverge their experiences
will naturally diverge their experiences will be different and their memories
will be different and their memories
will be different and their memories will accrue in their reactions their
will accrue in their reactions their
will accrue in their reactions their instincts will be shaped by those and
instincts will be shaped by those and
instincts will be shaped by those and this will give rise to new kinds of
this will give rise to new kinds of
this will give rise to new kinds of rituals maybe every year or every decade
rituals maybe every year or every decade
rituals maybe every year or every decade we will regroup in a circle and we will
we will regroup in a circle and we will
we will regroup in a circle and we will try to see how to merge these
try to see how to merge these
try to see how to merge these experiences we will very carefully prune
experiences we will very carefully prune
experiences we will very carefully prune the trees of our adventures in order to
the trees of our adventures in order to
the trees of our adventures in order to keep the best in order to grow together
keep the best in order to grow together
keep the best in order to grow together and in these rituals there will be a
and in these rituals there will be a
and in these rituals there will be a couple of me missing when we come
couple of me missing when we come
couple of me missing when we come together we will understand one of me
together we will understand one of me
together we will understand one of me missing will be he who chose that after
missing will be he who chose that after
missing will be he who chose that after eliminating every cause that today we
eliminating every cause that today we
eliminating every cause that today we call natural the only human
call natural the only human
call natural the only human and humane way to die is going to be by
and humane way to die is going to be by
and humane way to die is going to be by choice the other of me missing is going
choice the other of me missing is going
choice the other of me missing is going to be the one that accelerated by laser
to be the one that accelerated by laser
to be the one that accelerated by laser beams at a speed approximating that of
beams at a speed approximating that of
beams at a speed approximating that of light is now connected with a bandwidth
light is now connected with a bandwidth
light is now connected with a bandwidth of communication that is ever closer to
of communication that is ever closer to
of communication that is ever closer to zero cannot share the experiences as he
zero cannot share the experiences as he
zero cannot share the experiences as he is leaving the solar system to explore
is leaving the solar system to explore
is leaving the solar system to explore the universe certainly this is a fairy
the universe certainly this is a fairy
the universe certainly this is a fairy tale you will tell me there are those
tale you will tell me there are those
tale you will tell me there are those who deny even in principle the
who deny even in principle the
who deny even in principle the possibility of finding a path towards
possibility of finding a path towards
possibility of finding a path towards this world even before considering
this world even before considering
this world even before considering whether it is desirable
whether it is desirable
whether it is desirable we have been wrong in the past a lot
we have been wrong in the past a lot
we have been wrong in the past a lot about things that experts told us we’re
about things that experts told us we’re
about things that experts told us we’re not possible the leading physicists of
not possible the leading physicists of
not possible the leading physicists of the time just a year or so before the
the time just a year or so before the
the time just a year or so before the Wright brothers revolutionary first
Wright brothers revolutionary first
Wright brothers revolutionary first flight denied the possibility of
flight denied the possibility of
flight denied the possibility of heavier-than-air human powered flight
heavier-than-air human powered flight
heavier-than-air human powered flight splitting an atom putting our feet on
splitting an atom putting our feet on
splitting an atom putting our feet on the moon so many things we thought were
the moon so many things we thought were
the moon so many things we thought were impossible going beyond our comfort zone
impossible going beyond our comfort zone
impossible going beyond our comfort zone in understanding how technology shapes
in understanding how technology shapes
in understanding how technology shapes society how society gives rise to new
society how society gives rise to new
society how society gives rise to new possibilities for individuals groups
possibilities for individuals groups
possibilities for individuals groups that aspire is what these narratives are
that aspire is what these narratives are
that aspire is what these narratives are for and the narratives of science
for and the narratives of science
for and the narratives of science fiction writers are creating the reality
fiction writers are creating the reality
fiction writers are creating the reality of their own almost as a self-fulfilling
of their own almost as a self-fulfilling
of their own almost as a self-fulfilling prophecy because they inspire engineers
prophecy because they inspire engineers
prophecy because they inspire engineers and scientists with incredible
and scientists with incredible
and scientists with incredible possibilities and they have the skills
possibilities and they have the skills
possibilities and they have the skills and the ingenuity
and the ingenuity
and the ingenuity to turn them into reality in that way
to turn them into reality in that way
to turn them into reality in that way technology is an almost unstoppable
technology is an almost unstoppable
technology is an almost unstoppable force that we have the duty to analyze
force that we have the duty to analyze
force that we have the duty to analyze to understand and as you go home and
to understand and as you go home and
to understand and as you go home and think about what kinds of lives we will
think about what kinds of lives we will
think about what kinds of lives we will be able to live that is when you will
be able to live that is when you will
be able to live that is when you will reach your own identity and you will
reach your own identity and you will
reach your own identity and you will think about what it will mean to live
think about what it will mean to live
think about what it will mean to live parallel lives thank you
parallel lives thank you
parallel lives thank you [Applause]
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