I'm encouraged based on how quickly technology has changed in just the last ten years. I can't imagine what technologies will be afoot 30 years from now. Biology and technology seemingly converging. My question is this, do you think the ability to curb death will be universally available quickly or will it take many years for it to be available widely? In other words, by the 2040's should I be setting aside money now? My singularity savings account?
I think the emergence of our next system will take a mere decade to diffuse (I think this will include the system structures and technologies to keep all agents alive). My reasoning for a decade diffusion time of the next system is based on extrapolations of previous system transitions. The hunting transition took hundreds of thousands of years; the agricultural transition took tens of thousands of years; the industrial transition took centuries; and the global brain should emerge in a decade. It's a personal decision of course. I personally think that a global brain system will be one that is also post-scarcity (or even one of radical abundance) - so it may be a system that doesn't require such a thing as "retirement savings" (since I don't really know whether people would be retiring).My question is this, do you think the ability to curb death will be universally available quickly or will it take many years for it to be available widely?
In other words, by the 2040's should I be setting aside money now? My singularity savings account?