Musings on Transhumanism
Musings on Transhumanism
Ash Bayram
Science vs death: can humanity become immortal?
16 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2022 at 10:54 pm.
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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/