| Title | : | Do We Really Want Immortality? (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | David Brin |
| Release | : | 2024-11-05 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers |
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| 1 | Do We Really Want Immortality? (Unabridg | David Brin |
| We moderns take for granted many traits that were those of gods. Like flying through the air. We fill dark rooms with sudden lavish light, with the twitch of a finger. Average folks send messages or observe events across the globe through crystal tubes we command like genies. And yet the one trait of mortality that clings to us is...mortality. Today, a fresh crop of true believers, including brilliant scientists, view death itself as a problem to be solved. Are they fantasizing? What are the prospects and problems and unforeseen side effects of longer life spans? |
