Hacking Immortality
Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization. Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging ever more manageable. This first book in the exciting new Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse behind extending life, and the numerous ways the quest for eternity forces us to reevaluate what it means to be human. Some experts believe that we haven’t fully realized our true human potential, and we are about to embark on an extraordinary evolutionary shift. HACKING IMMORTALITY answers all your burning questions, including: –Can humans cheat death? –What is your grim age? –Will 100 be the new 40? –Will we become software? As reality suddenly catches up to science fiction, Hacking Immortality gives the truth on the state of humanity—and all its possible futures.
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Hope for the future
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A complex idea made simple
Finally a book on energy the explains it in a very simple and relatable way.
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Awesome!
Lots of fascinating info. I really enjoyed it
What’s Inside
Is It Simply a Design Flaw That We Age and Die?
Most books or articles on longevity would start at the beginning, offering a historical perspective on humanity’s quest for the fountain of youth. But we actually think today is the true beginning. We are about to press “play” on several therapies and solutions that will slow and potentially reverse aging. When we look back one hundred or two hundred years from now, we believe history will show that this was the inflection point in cracking the code of radical human longevity.
The emphasis is no longer on extending life
Most [of us] are trying to understand how to live a healthier life . We are entering the Fourth Biological Revolution, which will dramatically alter the “fourth stage” of life: eighty and beyond. Scientists used to call this the “red zone,” where entropy kicks in and we spiral toward death; but now they’re looking at the probability of an extended “health span,” the part of life when a person is alive and healthy. This revolution is focused on achieving (near) im- mortality as biology becomes our ultimate technology in defeating death.
Probably the kid that will be living to 130 is already with us
Hacking Immortality ventures through the looking glass of our pursuit to live forever—or at least, as Ray Kurzweil says, “to live long enough to live forever.” Think of this as a visit with genius—the mavericks, optimists, pragmatists and visionaries—who are stretching the biological boundaries of mortality in a quest to enable greater health, longer life, and prosperity.