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Big Data analytics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, nanobots, facial recognition, wearable technology, self-driving cars, suborbital space flight and more -- all coming to a town near you, in a matter of months. What ramifications will the fastest exponentiation of technology in history have on the human organism? According to Dr. E.O. Wilson "We have Paleolithic emotions, Medieval Institutions and God-like technology and this is a dangerous situation." But futurist, Ray Kurzweil sees it differently: these breaking technologies inch us closer to "the singularity" -- a time when man and machine are indistinguishable and we will live forever. Who is right? What are the human limitations of technology adoption and adaptation? Are there any?