Can advanced technology create a utopian society?

One of the central ideas of my book is that technology is not destiny. Everything depends on the choices that we make as a society. For example, you can read a lot in the press right now about 'robots taking our jobs'. read more

It can certainly help, but advanced technology is not the key to having an utopian society. The key is the principles upon which it is founded and the dedication of its people. You’d also have to start off small and grow and it wouldn’t be able to hold too many egalitarian ideas because members of outside societies wouldn’t always agree with those of the utopian society and work to change them from within. read more

Manipulating the atoms in order to produce a perfectly cooked steak with a technology similar to 3D printing. In the meantime, automation is making huge progress, it won’t take long before we can automate most jobs, including the maintenance of the “robots”. IA is currently about automating a pre-defined train of thoughts. read more

In a new book, two technologists paint a rosy portrait of our future, describing how cutting edge technology could benefit large industry--as long as humans don't muck it up in the mean time, that is. read more