A quick look at immortality
And what sort of problems would it cause?
Is immortality a good idea? This video from The Atlantic takes a brief look at a familiar figure for BioEdge readers, Zoltan Istvan.
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Michael Cook edits BioEdge, a bioethics newsletter, and MercatorNet, an on-line magazine whose focus is human dignity. He writes from Sydney, Australia.
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