Our millennia-long obsession with immortality
Would you want to live forever? The rich and powerful certainly do.
There are numerous examples throughout history of people going to extreme lengths in search of immortality. These days, it's Silicon Valley tech bros, testing out everything from blood transfusions to merging our brains with the cloud.
Why are they/we so obsessed with dodging death? What is it about extreme wealth that makes people dream of defying biology?
Today, tech journalist and social psychologist Aleks Krotoski takes us into the world of the ‘immortalists’: what they think the future of humanity might look like, and whether the rest of us want to come along for the ride.
Guest:
Aleks Krotoski
Investigative journalist
Social psychologist
Author, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life
Credits:
Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
Producer: Rose Kerr
Senior Producer: James Bullen
Sound engineer: Tegan Nicholls
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Would you want to live forever? The rich and powerful certainly do.
There are numerous examples throughout history of people going to extreme lengths in search of immortality. These days, it's Silicon Valley tech bros, testing out everything from blood transfusions to merging our brains with the cloud.
Why are they/we so obsessed with dodging death? What is it about extreme wealth that makes people dream of defying biology?
Today, tech journalist and social psychologist Aleks Krotoski takes us into the world of the ‘immortalists’: what they think the future of humanity might look like, and whether the rest of us want to come along for the ride.
Guest:
Aleks Krotoski
Investigative journalist
Social psychologist
Author, The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life
Credits:
Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
Producer: Rose Kerr
Senior Producer: James Bullen
Sound engineer: Tegan Nicholls
2026-05-03
32 min
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