Hacking Immortality

New Realities in the Quest to Live Forever

Sputnik Futures

• Publisher: S&S/Simon Element
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9781982139841
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biotechnology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Cheat death—or at least delay it—with this accessible look into the quest for immortality, and what it means for human civilization. Are humans close to living forever? With advances in medicine and new therapies that prolong life expectancy, we are on track to make aging even more manageable.This new entry in the exciting Alice in Futureland series explores both the science and cultural impulse behind extending lifespans, and the numerous ways the quest for eternity forces us to reevaluate what it means to be human. Some experts believe that we haven't fully realized our true human potential, and we are about to embark on an extraordinary evolutionary shift. Hacking Immortality answers all your burning questions, including:
-Can humans cheat death?
-What is your grim age?
-Will 100 be the new 40?
-Will we become software?As reality suddenly catches up to science fiction, Hacking Immortality gives the truth on the state of humanity—and all its possible futures.

Index

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A

• AARP magazine, 2
• Academy for Health and Lifespan Research, 6
• acetyl-L-carnitine, 117
• ADHD, 148
• adult stem cells, 36–37, 48
• Adwaita (tortoise), 79
• Aeon.co, 108
• age
  • biological, 43, 44, 60, 106–7
  • of brain, 147–48
  • chronological, 43, 106
  • Grim (see GrimAge)
  • subjective, 43, 157
• Ageless Education, 155
• age-related diseases, 2, 5, 10
  • caloric restriction and, 12
  • CRISPR for, 91
  • emotions and, 156
  • organism differences in onset of, 72
• aging
  • arbitrary definition of, 5
  • autophagy and, 24
  • biological clocks and (see biological clocks)
  • biomarkers of (see biomarkers)
  • cardiovascular, 42, 44
  • cellular, 20, 34
  • as a design flaw, ix–xi
  • as a disease, 5–6
  • drugs and supplements for...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Chapter 01: There’s a New Disease Called “Aging”; Do You Have It?
• Chapter 02: What’s Your GrimAge?
• Chapter 03: Is Nature Immortal?
• Chapter 04: Will One Hundred Be the New Forty?
• Chapter 05: Will We Become Software?
• Chapter 06: What Will It Mean to Be “Human”?
• Chapter 07: Alice in Futureland
• Chapter 08: Down the Rabbit Hole
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Endnotes
• Index
• Illustration Credits
• Copyright