"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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An article on Ray Kurzweil, one of my favorite inventors of all time.

http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/16-04/ff_kurzweil?currentPage=all

Kurzweil has a fascinating view of the future, chock full of practical science fiction. From robotic organs to immortal human intelligence and evolutionary singularites, Ray maps out the transition to a bizarre and intriguing tomorrow.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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Fame! I'm going to live forever.

If I can project I may live to be 125 then I don't have to feel so old at 31 I suppose. Interesting stuff.
 
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immortality is a myth, it ain't ever going to happen in my opinion.
 
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Let's just see if you feel the same way when you're 250 years old, youngin'.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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Dude I saw that the other day. Scared the crap out of me.
 
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Honestly, I'd never WANT to live forever. I think it'd be awful.

It'd be so tiring, and I kinda want to see what death holds.
 
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Don't want to live forever? Pick the day you want to die.

for most people it's always sometime in the future unless they are ill and in unbearable pain or mentally ill or something.

I want to live forever. I want to see the day when my corporeal body is composed of state of the art nano-bots that can do marvelous magical things and when my consciousness doesn't depend on any one corporeal housing.
 
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I want to see they day when my corporeal body is composed of state of the art nano-bots
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lookin' good kid!
 
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I really want to see what the future holds. Especially within the field of technology etc. That Boston robot was sick! Check out Akimo on youtube too. Its insane that they have this technology already.
 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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But can a robot savior lead us in war?
 
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Holy **** that dog thing is so sweet. I didn't know we were anywhere close to making something that can actually walk and run on four legs intelligently. The way it recovered when slipping on the ice was very impressive.

Couple more years and that thing will be on two legs.
 
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I'm conflicted.

I want the 2017 model that looks like an anatomically correct Winona Ryder, age 20, but I fear that the Army already has 3 with guns on them somewhere in New Mexico, practicing their marksmanship.
 
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