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The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

Aleks Krotoski

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Description:A wild and entertaining adventure into the business of eternal lifeFrom the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the Philosopher’s stone, humanity’s quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and investment are building a Fountain of Youth of their own creation. Death is simply their next problem to solve, the latest expression of a hubris which regards humans as appliances to be fixed and machines to be upgraded. By harnessing technology to “cure” ageing and funding cutting-edge—and often controversial—research, today’s immortalists are locked in an arms race to be the first to pocket the profits from Vitality one they not only engineer, but also own and control.What was once a wild west of experimentation has found its way into Washington’s corridors of power. Award-winning broadcaster and academic Aleks Krotoski journeys from these cult fringes to the heartlands of government to meet the moguls, effective altruists, geroscientists and entrepreneurs who are disrupting death. Along the way she encounters radical life extensionists transfusing their teenage son’s blood, transhumanists who want to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and billionaire kingmakers building brand new nations.This razor-sharp, powerful, and at times chilling investigation empowers us to consider what it truly means to be human, do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley techno-fundamentalists to be the architects of our forever?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life. To get started finding The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A wild and entertaining adventure into the business of eternal lifeFrom the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the Philosopher’s stone, humanity’s quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and investment are building a Fountain of Youth of their own creation. Death is simply their next problem to solve, the latest expression of a hubris which regards humans as appliances to be fixed and machines to be upgraded. By harnessing technology to “cure” ageing and funding cutting-edge—and often controversial—research, today’s immortalists are locked in an arms race to be the first to pocket the profits from Vitality one they not only engineer, but also own and control.What was once a wild west of experimentation has found its way into Washington’s corridors of power. Award-winning broadcaster and academic Aleks Krotoski journeys from these cult fringes to the heartlands of government to meet the moguls, effective altruists, geroscientists and entrepreneurs who are disrupting death. Along the way she encounters radical life extensionists transfusing their teenage son’s blood, transhumanists who want to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and billionaire kingmakers building brand new nations.This razor-sharp, powerful, and at times chilling investigation empowers us to consider what it truly means to be human, do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley techno-fundamentalists to be the architects of our forever?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life. To get started finding The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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