Our mission as humans is not only to discover our fullest selves in the technium, and to find full contentment, but to expand the possibilities for others. Greater technology will selfishly unleash our talents, but it will also unselfishly unleash others: our children, and all children to come.

Kevin Kelly
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This statement is part of a speech given at the 2015 South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival. Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, says that the next generation of technology will be able to help us all live healthier, happier lives. He believes that humans will be able to live longer and longer, and that we will be able to recover from injuries and other life-altering problems. The idea here is that technology should do more than make us more comfortable; it should make things better for other people as well. We should all strive to make our world a better place for those who come after us, and we should also strive to help those who are already here.

Source: What Technology Wants

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