Contact: Patrick Tucker
Director of Communications
The World Future Society
301-656-8274
ptucker@wfs.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RAY KURZWEIL, A TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE, AND
CYBERIMMORTALITY
—ALL IN THE MARCH-APRIL ISSUE OF THE FUTURIST
Bethesda, Maryland—In the March-April issue of THE FUTURIST,
author, and inventor Ray Kurzweil looks at the latest trends in gene research,
nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence to show how today’s technology is
engineering humanity’s next evolutionary leap. He is joined by nanotechnology expert J.
Storrs Hall, Acceleration Studies founder John Smart, sociologists Damien
Broderick and Richard Eckersley, and longevity guru Terry Grossman, who
ask: How near is this event, how possible is it, and what might it mean for humanity?
Also in the March-April issue of THE FUTURIST . . .
A TIMELINE FOR TECHNOLOGY
Authors Ian Pearson and Ian Neild explore all the big technological
innovations (and setbacks) that will radically change the world around us to 2030 and
beyond. Be on the lookout for commercial magma power stations, mood-sensitive wallpaper,
holographic brain links, and robot "dance tutors."
AND . . .
CYBERNETIC IMMORTALITY
One day, you may be able to archive and regenerate your memory,
personality, and consciousness onto a database. In effect, you will be a cyberimmortal.
But what will living forever digitally mean for the world’s religions? Will we soon
face a day where science and spiritualism can no longer coexist? If so, who will guide
humanity’s future?
Pick up the March-April issue of THE FUTURIST for $4.95 at bookstores
and newsstands, or write the World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite 450,
Bethesda, MD 20814. Order online at www.wfs.org.
THE FUTURIST is a bimonthly magazine published continuously since 1967
by the World Future Society and is a principal benefit of membership, read by 20,000
members worldwide. The magazine is also available in newsstands coast to coast.
Among the many influential thinkers and experts who have contributed to
THE FUTURIST are: Gene Roddenberry, Al Gore, Alvin and Heidi Toffler, Buckminster Fuller,
Frederik Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Vaclav Havel, Hazel Henderson, Margaret Mead, Robert
McNamara, B.F. Skinner, Nicholas Negroponte, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Arthur C. Clarke, and
Ray Kurzweil.
The focus of THE FUTURIST is innovation, creative thinking, and emerging
trends in the social, economic, and technological areas.
Editors: To request a review copy of THE FUTURIST magazine, contact
director of communications Patrick Tucker 301-656-8274 ext. 116, ptucker@wfs.org. More information about the World Future
Society can also be obtained from the Society’s Web site, www.wfs.org.
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