Sep 14, 2024 07:26 AM
https://iai.tv/articles/silicon-valleys-..._auid=2020
INTRO: If you could live forever, would you? Modern medicine has allowed us to drastically increase our lifespans, and science doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Some in Silicon Valley have embarked on a “quest for immortality” in the hope that advances in medicine and technology will make eternal life possible. But if immortality became possible, would it necessarily be desirable? Philosopher Todd May argues that we should not hope to be immortal since it would make our lives shapeless, aimless, and boring. (MORE - details)
INTRO: If you could live forever, would you? Modern medicine has allowed us to drastically increase our lifespans, and science doesn’t appear to be slowing down. Some in Silicon Valley have embarked on a “quest for immortality” in the hope that advances in medicine and technology will make eternal life possible. But if immortality became possible, would it necessarily be desirable? Philosopher Todd May argues that we should not hope to be immortal since it would make our lives shapeless, aimless, and boring. (MORE - details)