Philosophy Talk. The Technology of Immortality

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Abstract: Some futurists believe we are not far from a time when technology and medicine will be so advanced that humans need no longer die of old age or other natural causes. Eventually, not only will we be able to replace our natural body parts, but we might even be able to “download” our selves into a new cybernetic body. But is this a realistic possibility or just a confused fantasy? Is the self the kind of thing that can be downloaded and persist through radical changes in its “hardware”? And if it were possible for people to indefinitely extend their biological lives, what would the moral implications be for social inequality and distribution of the planet’s finite resources? John and Ken look beyond the mortal coil with Kevin O'Neill from the University of Redlands, author of Internet Afterlife: Virtual Salvation in the Twenty-First Century (forthcoming).

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	September 27, 2015
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

philosophytalk.org show page	Title The Technology of Immortality
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	388.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/xw287jr2010
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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