I create technical educational content and build stuff around data. I love kids, dogs, walking, bicycles and snow sports. I'm working on coming to terms with robots. I've been around long enough to witness an accelerating rate of change of technological advancement. We need all hands on deck to help protect ourselves from ourselves. Prosperity will come from efficiencies but will also require our acceptance of and cooperation with the change that is inevitable. Quoting Ray Kurzweil (via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near): "Kurzweil concedes that every technology carries with it the risk of misuse or abuse, from viruses and nanobots to out-of-control AI machines. He believes the only countermeasure is to invest in defensive technologies, for example by allowing new genetics and medical treatments, monitoring for dangerous pathogens, and creating limited moratoriums on certain technologies. As for artificial intelligence Kurzweil feels the best defense is to increase the "values of liberty, tolerance, and respect for knowledge and diversity" in society, because "the nonbiological intelligence will be embedded in our society and will reflect our values".