We only have to capture 1/10,000th of the solar energy landing on earth to completely satisfy all our energy needs.

The ethical debates are like stones in a stream. The water runs around them. You haven't seen any biological technologies held up for one week by any of these debates.

We appear to be programmed with the idea that there are 'things' outside of our self, and some are conscious, and some are not.

Intuition is linear; our imaginations are weak. Even the brightest of us only extrapolate from what we know now; for the most part, we're afraid to really stretch.

When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.

Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies.

The need to congregate workers in offices will gradually diminish.