Longevity and immortality is a hot topic among many experts.

We are seeing a growing acceptance of the notion that death is indeed a disease. It is still not widely accepted but it is gaining pace. If we see it in a historic perspective one might see a more clear pattern forming.

In the old days society would regard death as something divine - Gods will. And there was nothing to do about it (except praying).

Today no doctor would tell you "I am sorry, you have death". He would rather inform you about your condition and that we currently have no cure for it. This implies that humans regard life-threatening conditions as something science just haven't figured out yet!

As time goes on we will be able to cure more and more diseases and eventually death itself will be regarded as something unwanted and curable.

AI and a digital world might be of our assistance here. If we figure out how to upload our minds into the cloud and back them up on more than one planet we might be close to immortality!

ronni