Ethics
What are the consequences of radical life extension?
Should we attempt to live forever?
More questions than answers - but more information coming soon.
Resources
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Karen Hooper, Martin Carkett, and Jess Northend speaking about longer healthspans on London Futurists online event (FREE)
How should people interested in the future help society prepare for that sea-change transition in attitude?
Future of Ageing 2020: Together for tomorrow
03-Dec-2020Annual conference by the International Longevity Centre (virtual)
UK’s specialist think tank on the impact of longevity on society, and what happens next
How does society react when the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived?
Ethics Blog Posts
They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing
17-Nov-2016
Living Forever - an absolutely abhorrent aberration?
22-Apr-2015
Recent News
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