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www.The401kCoach.com [email protected] TF: 877.932.6236 F: 413.536.2762 Abundance and Exponential Growth By Charlie Epstein Those were the watchwords at Singularity University’s Exponential Technologies Executive Program; a twoday conference I attended last month at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley, California. Peter Diamandis, Author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think and Ray Kurzweil, Author of How to Create a Mind lead the twoday intensive on topics ranging from Bio Technology breakthroughs in Science and Health (imagine in 20 years you will be able to replace every organ in your body via 3D printing machine) to privately funded space exploration to the Moon, Mars and even asteroids. Among his many accomplishments, Peter is an M.D. from Harvard and has his Engineering Degree from MIT. He spent his childhood dreaming of going up into space. As he grew older, he realized this was not going to happen, mainly because government regulations precluded any citizen from going up into space. Undaunted, he created the $10 Million Dollar XPrize, to incentivize private industries to build a spacecraft and launch into suborbital space. The prize was later renamed the AnisarXprize, after the husband and wife who put up the bulk of the $10 Million dollar prize. In 2004, in the Mojave Desert, Paul Allen's (of MicroSoft fame) space team launched successfully, and history was made! Want to make the journey today? No problem. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, www.virgingalactic.com, still has seats available at $200,000 a pop! Ray, who was just hired as Google's head of Artificial Intelligence, shared with the 50 of us in attendance, the rapid exponential growth that is occurring in technology and the life sciences. The explosive growth in these areas, just in the past 20 years, has dwarfed all knowledge from the past 500 years. Ray shared that, right now; computers can process information nearly as fast as the human brain and, in less than 10 years, they will surpass our processing prowess. Next stop: computer brains that think and process information intuitively and thoughtfully. In the area of Life Sciences; the recent mapping of the genome has released the power of both DNA and RNA into the hands of scientists across the globe who are working fast and furious to eliminate chronic illness and extend our life spans, beyond anything we can imagine. We are on the brink of a world we can barely imagine, with enormous opportunity and unthinkable abundance. What the mind can imagine, it truly can achieve. Consider this: in the not so distant future, say 20 years, robots will replace most of the mundane jobs humans do today! “You want fries with that?”

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Abundance and Exponential GrowthBy Charlie Epstein 

Those  were  the  watch‐words  at  Singularity University’s  Exponential  Technologies  Executive Program;  a  two‐day  conference  I  attended  last month  at  NASA  Research  Park  in  Silicon  Valley, California.  Peter Diamandis, Author of Abundance: The Future is Better  than You Think and Ray Kurzweil, Author of How to Create a Mind lead the two‐day intensive on  topics  ranging  from  Bio  Technology breakthroughs in Science and Health (imagine in 20 years  you  will  be  able  to  replace  every  organ  in your  body  via  3‐D  printing machine)  to  privately funded  space  exploration  to  the Moon, Mars  and even asteroids.   Among his many accomplishments, Peter is an M.D. from Harvard and has his Engineering Degree from MIT. He spent his childhood dreaming of going up into  space. As he grew older, he  realized  this was not  going  to happen, mainly because  government regulations  precluded  any  citizen  from  going  up into space. Undaunted, he created the $10 Million Dollar  X‐Prize,  to  incentivize  private  industries  to build  a  spacecraft  and  launch  into  sub‐orbital space.  The  prize  was  later  re‐named  the  Anisar‐Xprize, after the husband and wife who put up the bulk of the $10 Million dollar prize.  In 2004,  in the Mojave  Desert,  Paul  Allen's  (of  MicroSoft  fame) space team  launched successfully, and history was made!    Want  to  make  the  journey  today?  No problem.  Richard  Branson's  Virgin  Galactic, www.virgingalactic.com,   still  has  seats  available  at $200,000 a pop!  

Ray,  who  was  just  hired  as  Google's  head  of Artificial  Intelligence,  shared with  the  50  of  us  in attendance,  the  rapid  exponential  growth  that  is occurring  in  technology  and  the  life  sciences.  The explosive growth in these areas, just in the past 20 years, has dwarfed all knowledge from the past 500 years.  Ray  shared  that,  right  now;  computers  can process  information  nearly  as  fast  as  the  human brain  and,  in  less  than 10  years,  they will  surpass our  processing  prowess.  Next  stop:  computer brains  that  think  and  process  information intuitively  and  thoughtfully.  In  the  area  of  Life Sciences;  the  recent mapping  of  the  genome  has released the power of both DNA and RNA  into the hands  of  scientists  across  the  globe  who  are working fast and furious to eliminate chronic illness and extend our life spans, beyond anything we can imagine.   We  are  on  the  brink  of  a  world  we  can  barely imagine,  with  enormous  opportunity  and unthinkable  abundance.  What  the  mind  can imagine,  it  truly  can achieve. Consider  this:  in  the not  so  distant  future,  say  20  years,  robots  will replace  most  of  the  mundane  jobs  humans  do today! “You want fries with that?”   

 

 

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I  would  invite  all  of  you  to  read  both  Peter  and Rays’  books  and  follow  their  blogs  at www.diamandis.com  and  kurzweilai.com, respectively.  The  future  is Faster, Easier & Bigger  than you can imagine.  With  this kind of Abundance  thinking  in mind, we will  be  launching  a  new  program  this  year  called; The  Big  Idea  Focus  Group.  We  are  looking  for financial professionals who understand  the power of  "BIG  IDEA  THINKING”  to  influence  and  impact the  success  and  significance  of  our  industry  and their own lives; both personally and professionally.  Together we will focus on supporting and  inspiring each  other  to  grow  beyond  our  current  self‐imposed  limits.  The  Big  Idea  Focus Group will  be “taking  off”  in  November  2013.  Stay  tuned  for more details.  Happy  Abundant  thinking  to  you  in  2013  and beyond!! 

Charlie Epstein, CLU, ChFC, AIF® is the founder of The 401k Coach® Program, which offers expert training 

for  financial professionals to develop the skills, systems and processes necessary to excel  in the 401(k) 

industry  and  facilitate  successful  retirement  outcomes  for  plan  sponsors  and  participants.  He  is  the 

author of the book, Paychecks for Life®, which offers nine Principles for participants to turn their 401(k) 

plans into a secure retirement income. www.the401kcoach.com 

 Charlie exchanges books with author of 

Abundance, Peter H. Diamandis