the creation of virtual heavens for old style organic humans who pass away and transfer their neural networks there, ....death is obsolete.  Intelligences manifest themselves online and do not seek material embodiments.  Around this time, is likely the rise of true, strong AI entities online who surpass regular biological humans in ability.  With no need of sleep and self programmability, they can learn almost geometrically. .... you can see the pattern emerging from the above.  Whether the dates are a bit early or a bit late, you can see the 21 century is going to be a time of massive change. Damien - Dang you for revealing my secret.  Now I am stuck here in 2012 and will have to use lightening hitting the Mormon tower near the LA HIS office to give me the 1.21 gigawatts I need to get back home. Bummer :) SkinheadBoi - I have no undergrads to teach this summer (thank you California budget cuts) so I can fool with a few of my hobbies and go for my MHT treatments.  The fading has stopped, and it is not as bad as for some clients, but I do want a much darker (but not much denser) shading in treatment #3. The predictions above are not mine (except for the bioengineered creature which becomes a bridge).  They are a real amalgamation from several futurists who have decent track records predicting the future.  For interested readers, I suggest looking up Ray Kurzweil. What the kit likely does