<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Will I live to see The&nbsp;Singularity?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Kurzweil <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/science/03tier.html?ex=1370232000&amp;en=7388ea7c1e8f5b34&amp;ei=5124&amp;partner=permalink&amp;exprod=permalink" target="_blank">thinks so</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Are you depressed by the prospect of dying? Well, if you can hang on another 15 years, your life expectancy will keep rising every year faster than you&#8217;re aging. And then, before the century is even half over, you can be around for the Singularity, that revolutionary transition when humans and/or machines start evolving into immortal beings with ever-improving software.</p></blockquote>
<p>I hope he&#8217;s right. And, what&#8217;s this? Maybe I get a <a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2008/06/calorie-restriction-mimicking-longevity.html" target="_blank">13 year boost</a> soon.</p>
<p>Update:</p>
<p>Another aging researcher (love the ambiguity of that) says <a href="http://www.ajc.com/services/content/health/stories/2008/06/03/anti_aging_drugs.html?cxtype=rss&amp;cxsvc=7&amp;cxcat=9" target="_blank">it&#8217;s a matter of when, not if</a>.</p>
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