SXSW: Expanding our intelligence without limits

Inventor, scientist, author and futurist Ray Kurzweil spoke in one of the largest SXSW sessions and then was interviewed by TIME 's Lev Grossman. His brilliant, humane, optimistic views on our future is compelling. @JugnooMe

  1. Education should be learning by doing, says Kurzweil. Projects and mentorship, not factory lectures. #sxsw @JugooMe
  2. SOPA killed by movement led by Wikipedia. Social media stopped it in a few days, thin of it. #sxsw @JugnooMe
  3. Health and medicine are now an information technology. Improvements are accelerating. 1000X better in 10 yrs. #sxsw @JugnooMe
  4. Tech innovation does follow predictive trends-- like Moores Law. Some are limited, but are replaced by new paradigms. #sxsw @JugnooMe
  5. Never knew Kurzweil founded Nuance, makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking, voice reco software I use. #sxsw @JugnooMe
  6. Ray Kurzweil keynote, "the democratization of technology," means everyone has access to tools to build anything. #sxsw @JungooMe
  7. Kurzweil: IBM's Watson read 200 million pages of information and it's technology can understand subtle metaphor. #sxsw @JungooMe
  8. RT @RandyElrod: This session has been one of the most extraordinary & inspirational learning experiences of my life. #SXIQExpand #sxswi
  9. Future: 3D printing will change the world, blood cell size devices for blood streams of animals, brain modeling. #sxiqexpand
  10. RT @RandyElrod: If Kurzweil were a college student today he would make sure they encourage entrepreneurship to create projects to help mankind. #SXIQExpand
  11. Ray Kurzweil on life extension:"...wear your seat belt..." #Sxiqexpand
  12. RT @OriginalKindle: Kurzweil sez take care of your #health now because technology will help improve in 15 years. #sxsw #sxiqexpand
  13. "We have 10,000 times the amount of sunlight to meet 100% of our energy needs." - Kurzweil #SXIQExpand
  14. Kurzweil finale: Existing stemcell repair tech already a primitive form of nanobot. Small step to reprogrammable red blood cells.#SXIQExpand
  15. RT @paliosaratoga: We all have 23,000 little software programs in our body called genes #sxiqexpand #sxsw
  16. In the future search engines won't wait to ask, they will already be listening with your permission. - Kurzweil #sxiqexpand

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