COMBINING LIFE AND TECHNOLOGY TO POSTPONE DEATH: HOW FAR ARE WE PREPARED TO GO?

Laurent Alexandre Dr.

Chapter 36 in Creativity, Imagination and Innovation:Perspectives and Inspirational Stories, 2018, pp 291-304 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: On September 18, 2013, Google launched Calico, a subsidiary which aims at increasing human life expectancy by 20 years by 2035. Its involvement in the race to cure aging and the fight against death proves the extent to which medicine has become an industrial sector, and that the rules are changing. Technology is leading us to experience a societal change which will modify the way we relate to life and our identity in decades to come…

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation; Imagination; Aesthetics; Transdisciplinarity; Lateral Thinking; Testimonials; Inspiration; Intelligence; Knowledge Economy; Disruption; Dreams; Future (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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