A conversation between Ray Kurzweil and David Orban at the World Business Forum in Milan, Italy in October 2007. Covering the investment world in the accelerating change, artificial general intelligence, and more.

In the talk that opened TEDGlobal 2007 (''Africa: The Next Chapter''), South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo sets the scene, framing the conversation that would unfold over the four-day event. ''What's the worst thing you've heard about Africa?'' he asks. After fielding call-outs of ''famine,'' ''war,'' ''corruption,'' he urges the ...

Through my twenties I moved around quite a bit and had several jobs. Consequently, it hasn't been until recently that I've started to seriously start thinking about my financial future. I'm at the point now where I am debt-free and can put a modest sum away every month into investments for the future. There is a lot of good information out there ...