Jul 12 Ray Kurzweil on Bringing Back the Dead and a Viewer Question: When Is Paul Solman Going to Retire? EmbedVideo(3873, 482, 304); We round out "Ray Kurzweil Online" with the third and final installment of our miniseries. Thursday's outtake with Mr. Immortality: Does Kurzweil believe that an avatar of his dead father -- created with artificial intelligence… Continue reading
Jul 11 Ray Kurweil’s Immortality Cocktail; And a Student Loan Skeptic EmbedVideo(3861, 620, 386); Wednesday we feature the second of our interview outtakes with inventor/author/futurist Ray Kurzweil. (Tuesday's installment: the melding of man and machine.) In our broadcast story, which debuted on Making Sen$e Monday, Kurzweil explained… Continue reading
Jul 11 Ray Kurzweil’s Immortality Cocktail; And a Student Loan Skeptic EmbedVideo(3861, 482, 304); Wednesday we feature the second of our interview outtakes with inventor/author/futurist Ray Kurzweil. (Tuesday's installment: the melding of man and machine.) In our broadcast story, which debuted on Making Sen$e Monday, Kurzweil explained… Continue reading
Jul 10 Buying Gold and Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Melding of Man and Machine EmbedVideo(3851, 620, 386); Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has been a key voice in our occasional series on the future of technology. The latest installment on the advent of immortality debuted here on Making Sen$e July… Continue reading
Jul 10 Buying Gold and Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Melding of Man and Machine EmbedVideo(3851, 482, 304); Author, inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil has been a key voice in our occasional series on the future of technology. The latest installment on the advent of immortality debuted here on Making Sen$e July… Continue reading
Jul 09 Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality EmbedVideo(3842, 620, 386); Will we one day be able to live forever? Interesting question, especially for a page where I usually take your financial, rather than science, questions. But what is the goal of economics if not the… Continue reading
Jul 09 Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality EmbedVideo(3842, 482, 304); Will we one day be able to live forever? Interesting question, especially for a page where I usually take your financial, rather than science, questions. But what is the goal of economics if not the… Continue reading
Jul 09 10 Questions for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales By News Desk Updated July 10 | When Wikipedia formally launched on Jan. 15, 2001, creators Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger hoped to create over 100,000 articles. Today, Wikipedia has more than 22 million articles in over 285 languages. In the 11 years… Continue reading
Jul 09 Are Student Loans Forgiven for the Peace Corps or Disability? Peace Corp volunteer Scott Wilhelm, right, worked as an agroforestry volunteer in El Salvador, assisting local farmers in growing fruit trees after a volcanic eruption destroyed their crops. Photo by the Peace Corps via a U.S. Government Work license. Continue reading
Jul 09 Are Student Loans Forgiven for the Peace Corps or Disability? Peace Corp volunteer Scott Wilhelm, right, worked as an agroforestry volunteer in El Salvador, assisting local farmers in growing fruit trees after a volcanic eruption destroyed their crops. Photo by the Peace Corps via a U.S. Government Work license. Continue reading