System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on singularity -- Talkin' AI existential risk blues -- A short note on the first robots -- Mere machines -- Biology and its discontents -- Faith -- Please solve death -- The wanderlodge of eternal life -- A short note on beginnings and endings -- Acknowledgements -- A partial list of works consulted.
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Summary
An eye-opening look into a world of tech visionaries, billionaires, and eccentrics dedicated to forestalling death and improving mankind through technology.