Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion.

There is one brain organ that is optimised for understanding and articulating logical processes and that is the outer layer of the brain, called the cerebral cortex. Unlike the rest of the brain, this relatively recent evolutionary development is rather flat, only about 0.32 cm (0.12 in) thick and includes a mere 6 million neurons. This elaborately folded organ provides us with what little competence we do possess for understanding what we do and who we do it.

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

What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.

There are downsides to every technology. Fire kept us warm, but also burned down our villages.

So what used to fit in a building now fits in your pocket, what fits in your pocket now will fit inside a blood cell in 25 years.

The fate of the universe is a decision yet to be made, one which we will intelligently consider when the time is right.