Alex and Ben dive into death and dying. As technology advances, we’re able to keep people alive indefinitely via machines that keep vital organs functioning. However, several problems arise in these instances, including the high cost of these medical interventions, significantly diminished quality of life, and perpetuated fear of dying. Death remains one of the topics that we avoid the most with people we love- but we’re all going to die. So, how can we instead shift our energies toward embracing this ultimate truth? Some people choose not to face it at all and invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into cryopreservation with little understanding of whether the technologies will work to re-animate humans in the long run. Alex and Ben talk about uploading human consciousness to a computer or cloud and explore how they feel about these life-extending technologies.
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