Attending TEDx Vancouver this year was a huge honor as the talks were inspiring and the conversations were refreshing. By far the most amazing talk was by Canadian/South African District 9 director Neill Blomkamp on what aliens would look like. He jumps from Karashev to Kurzweil to the inevitabilities posed by Heinberg (even though he doesn’t mention him by name). At first I was thinking this was nothing but futurist propaganda but then it hits a point, and it turns, and when it does it sends a chill down your spine.