16 min
Science vs death: can humanity become immortal? Musings on Transhumanism
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- Science
In this episode, we talk about the infamous problem of death and how scientists are going about solving it. What part of us makes us alive? Can we stay alive forever? What would an immortal society look like?
Sources:
https://www.alcor.org/
Mark O’Connell. (2017). To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death. Granta Books.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/144721/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/
In this episode, we talk about the infamous problem of death and how scientists are going about solving it. What part of us makes us alive? Can we stay alive forever? What would an immortal society look like?
Sources:
https://www.alcor.org/
Mark O’Connell. (2017). To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death. Granta Books.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/144721/a-startup-is-pitching-a-mind-uploading-service-that-is-100-percent-fatal/
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dualism/
16 min