Mark Zuckerberg positively beamed as he gazed into the future. Relaxed and upbeat, the T-shirt clad Facebook founder looked into the camera and announced his 'vision to build Personal Superintelligence for everyone.'

Hurtling towards us, he vowed in the Instagram video posted last month, was 'a new era of personal empowerment.' Limitations on science and health would be shrugged off and mankind would be, 'spending more time on creativity, culture, relationships, and enjoying life.'