Since you asked: The technology billionaires aiming to disrupt death
I take it you are not sold on the idea that death, just like the horse and cart, might one day be disrupted with the help of some innovative engineering?
No. But I have noticed that there’s been a rise in the number of modern day tech messiahs claiming they hold the secret to eternal life.
Back in my day we used to call these characters charlatans. But today I understand they are called “transhumanists”. And they come extremely well funded.
So you don’t believe in the science of longevity?
I have no problem with the science of longevity. I have a problem with those that in my view dish out false hope to people and conflate mysticism with science.
Like Ray Kurzweil?
You mean the respected scientist, futurist and entrepreneur, currently employed by Google, who has convinced ...