Malcolm Gladwell at the 92nd Street Y. Daniel Reda - An Introduction to Biotechnology and Bioinformatic. Great Ray Kurzweil Interview. Dell has put up a new site called Motherboard that I don’t totally understand the point of, but I very much enjoyed the interview with Ray Kurzweil.
Kurzweil has always been a hero of mine ever since I first hear of him when I was at MIT in the mid-1980’s. I’ve never worked with Ray although I got to know his business partner Aaron Kleiner near the end of my time in Boston. I’ve observed Ray from afar, read his books, and thought about his thinking. I find all of it, including the notion of the Singularity and his goal of living long enough to be able to live forever, very compelling. Watching the interview I realized that I’ve been out of the flow of an area that is really interesting to me.