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Should We Die?

18-Feb-2017

Key points from article :

Zoltan Istvan wants to be the one to decide when his life ends.

Goal is one shared by many futurists in Silicon Valley.

Will Earth become a paradise of eternally youthful artists, or a hellish, depleted nursing home?

Author admits her views would change if she could stay sharp and energetic.

This feeling of abundant possibility is one of the chief motivations of the pro-longevity crowd.

Bostrom dismisses the thought that there’s something about impending death that adds meaning or motivation to our days.

COMMENT: there will be more enthusiasm for living forever as people realise it means living indefinitely youthfully

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Dan McAdams

Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University.

Melinda Hall

Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stetson University.

Nick Bostrom

Founding Director of the Future of Humanity Institute, Professor and Author

S. Matthew Liao

Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics at New York University.

Sheldon Solomon

Professor of Psychology at Skidmore College.

Zoltan Istvan

American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur, political candidate, and futurist

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