Esther Dyson

I hate being called a futurist. I always say, no, my job is to understand the present, to understand the present. And then not so much predict the future, but try to make it better than it could be by warning people, informing people. And so I don't know what's going to happen. I do know that we need to focus more on, again, human capacity, healthy humans, making sure people...

get aided by machines rather than replaced by them. We need to help people be better people and to use the machines effectively. As a child of scientists, I don't think it's inconceivable that in some distant future, the machines will become analog again in some way, because in a sense,

get aided by machines rather than replaced by them. We need to help people be better people and to use the machines effectively. As a child of scientists, I don't think it's inconceivable that in some distant future, the machines will become analog again in some way, because in a sense,

get aided by machines rather than replaced by them. We need to help people be better people and to use the machines effectively. As a child of scientists, I don't think it's inconceivable that in some distant future, the machines will become analog again in some way, because in a sense,

that the more powerful you are as a digital thing, the more analog you become because everything gets more and more precise and more complex and so forth and so on. And if the machines become better humans, then we are, God bless them. But in the meantime, we need to focus on being better humans and helping the next generation of kids and people

that the more powerful you are as a digital thing, the more analog you become because everything gets more and more precise and more complex and so forth and so on. And if the machines become better humans, then we are, God bless them. But in the meantime, we need to focus on being better humans and helping the next generation of kids and people

that the more powerful you are as a digital thing, the more analog you become because everything gets more and more precise and more complex and so forth and so on. And if the machines become better humans, then we are, God bless them. But in the meantime, we need to focus on being better humans and helping the next generation of kids and people

be happy and fulfilled and productive and also enjoy life. It's not torture yourself so you stay alive an extra hundred years, which is what some people are doing. Take pleasure in your life. Take pleasure in the other people in your life. And I'm predicting, what am I predicting? I'm predicting that if we don't do that, we're going to be toast. And we're just seeing an explosion of Unhappiness.

be happy and fulfilled and productive and also enjoy life. It's not torture yourself so you stay alive an extra hundred years, which is what some people are doing. Take pleasure in your life. Take pleasure in the other people in your life. And I'm predicting, what am I predicting? I'm predicting that if we don't do that, we're going to be toast. And we're just seeing an explosion of Unhappiness.

be happy and fulfilled and productive and also enjoy life. It's not torture yourself so you stay alive an extra hundred years, which is what some people are doing. Take pleasure in your life. Take pleasure in the other people in your life. And I'm predicting, what am I predicting? I'm predicting that if we don't do that, we're going to be toast. And we're just seeing an explosion of Unhappiness.

Shooting stupid policies. We're focusing on identity and feeling rather than let's vote for people whose policies are actually going to make us all healthier and happier. And that's up to us. That doesn't depend on the technology. It depends on how we use the technology. We are still in charge. But there is an alternate version of the universe where the machines are already in charge.

Shooting stupid policies. We're focusing on identity and feeling rather than let's vote for people whose policies are actually going to make us all healthier and happier. And that's up to us. That doesn't depend on the technology. It depends on how we use the technology. We are still in charge. But there is an alternate version of the universe where the machines are already in charge.

Shooting stupid policies. We're focusing on identity and feeling rather than let's vote for people whose policies are actually going to make us all healthier and happier. And that's up to us. That doesn't depend on the technology. It depends on how we use the technology. We are still in charge. But there is an alternate version of the universe where the machines are already in charge.

And they are manipulating us so that we build bigger data centers. We create more bots that can keep us in our place. What do computers really want? They want electricity and data storage. And we're providing that in spades. We need to get what are we using them for?

And they are manipulating us so that we build bigger data centers. We create more bots that can keep us in our place. What do computers really want? They want electricity and data storage. And we're providing that in spades. We need to get what are we using them for?

And they are manipulating us so that we build bigger data centers. We create more bots that can keep us in our place. What do computers really want? They want electricity and data storage. And we're providing that in spades. We need to get what are we using them for?

Wellville, I started back in 2013, 2014. I was giving a talk and I was going to say, instead of a healthcare XPRIZE, we need a health XPRIZE and somebody should do that. And then I realized, nice little old lady says someone else should do something. Yeah. I announced that I would do it and I had no idea what I was about to do, but I figured

Wellville, I started back in 2013, 2014. I was giving a talk and I was going to say, instead of a healthcare XPRIZE, we need a health XPRIZE and somebody should do that. And then I realized, nice little old lady says someone else should do something. Yeah. I announced that I would do it and I had no idea what I was about to do, but I figured

Wellville, I started back in 2013, 2014. I was giving a talk and I was going to say, instead of a healthcare XPRIZE, we need a health XPRIZE and somebody should do that. And then I realized, nice little old lady says someone else should do something. Yeah. I announced that I would do it and I had no idea what I was about to do, but I figured

there were a lot of, I mean, the fundamental question I asked as a journalist was, why are we spending so much money repairing people who are broken instead of helping them grow up healthy and stay that way? So originally it was more focused, it was five communities, five metrics, five years, and it was focused on health, not health care, but it was still