# The accelerating power of technology

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2005
- Speaker: Ray Kurzweil
- Year: 2005
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_the_accelerating_power_of_technology)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.

## Lectures

1. [The accelerating power of technology](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ray_kurzweil_the_accelerating_power_of_technology/7cd9ebfbb3bf), 23 min (TED's player)