Sudden Realizations

While it might be blindingly obvious, I realized today that the only thing I can really do with my life is work towards the benefit of humanity in the best way I can. I need now only figure out where the pressure must be applied most effectively. The two biggest candidates are both Singularity Candidates: The elimination of Aging, and Smarter-than-human, self improving AI research. The conflict is that both of these are developing, seem very pipe-dreamy to me. At the same time though, I don't see how it would be of greater benefit to simply develop IT in the long run. A shot to completely change the world in a fundamental and beneficial way and failing is at least a shot. Plodding along in tedium ad noseum is not a more equitable solution. The personal profit concerns are irrelevant.

So now to determine which edges to twist.