Hacking Immortality: New Realities in the Quest to Live Forever Alice in Futureland Sputnik Futures

Hacking Immortality: New Realities in the Quest to Live Forever takes an accessible look at the modern pursuit of immortality and what that ambition could mean for human civilisation. Positioned as the first book in the Alice in Futureland series, it considers how advances in medicine and emerging therapies are extending life expectancy, and asks whether ageing may become increasingly manageable.

Alongside the science, the book explores the cultural drive to live longer and the ways this quest for eternity can prompt a reappraisal of what it means to be human. It also reflects on the view held by some experts that humanity has not yet fully realised its potential, and that an extraordinary evolutionary shift may be approaching as reality begins to catch up with science fiction.

Key details

• Title: Hacking Immortality: New Realities in the Quest to Live Forever
• Series: Alice in Futureland
• First book in the series
• Imprint/series label: Sputnik Futures

Synopsis

This book examines whether humans are close to living forever, drawing on developments in medicine and life-extending therapies. It looks at both the scientific and cultural impulses behind the drive to prolong life, and considers how the pursuit of immortality could reshape ideas about humanity and its future.

It also raises questions such as whether humans can cheat death, what a “grim age” might be, whether 100 could become “the new 40”, and whether people could one day become software.

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