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The Price of Immortality

By Peter Ward

The Price of Immortality Death & Mourning

The Price of Immortality

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"As longevity medicine revolutionizes the lives of many older people, the quest to take the next step--to live as long as we choose--has spurred a scientific arms race in search of the elixir of life, funded by Big Tech and Silicon Valley. It has also empowered a wild-eyed fringe of pseudo-scientists, tech visionaries, scam-artists, and religious fanatics who have given their lives over to the pursuit of immortality. Starting off at the Church of Perpetual Life in Florida and exploring the feuding subcultures around the cryonics industry, Peter Ward immerses himself into an eccentric world of startups, scam artists, scientific institutions, and tech billionaires to deliver this deeply reported, nuanced, and sometimes very funny exploration of the race for immortality--and the potentially devastating consequences should humanity realize its ultimate dream"--
Product details
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2022-04-19
Publication Date:
2022-04-19
Publisher:
Melville House Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1612199526
ISBN13:
9781612199528
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
482 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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