"1. Eternal Life Through Data Storage
In many respects the Holy Grail of transhumanism, many transhumanist authors and artists have imagined a future in which the human being is essentially immortal via the capability to upload memory, personality, and consciousness into a database and then reload this information into a new body when a person dies. Several scenarios have been played out in fiction and film, one of the most interesting being The Golden Age series by John C. Wright. In a utopian world where personalities are immortal and bodies are replaceable, memory becomes one of the most important possessions. Judging by the current state of progress in neuroscience maps of the human brain, thoughts, and emotions, this transhumanist development is probably one of the more distant possibilities on the horizon. Biotech life extension is a more likely possibility in the immediate future. Still, humanity has dreamed of immortality since the days of Gilgamesh more than four thousand years ago, and no doubt this hope will continue to live on in the human psyche well into the future."
In many respects the Holy Grail of transhumanism, many transhumanist authors and artists have imagined a future in which the human being is essentially immortal via the capability to upload memory, personality, and consciousness into a database and then reload this information into a new body when a person dies. Several scenarios have been played out in fiction and film, one of the most interesting being The Golden Age series by John C. Wright. In a utopian world where personalities are immortal and bodies are replaceable, memory becomes one of the most important possessions. Judging by the current state of progress in neuroscience maps of the human brain, thoughts, and emotions, this transhumanist development is probably one of the more distant possibilities on the horizon. Biotech life extension is a more likely possibility in the immediate future. Still, humanity has dreamed of immortality since the days of Gilgamesh more than four thousand years ago, and no doubt this hope will continue to live on in the human psyche well into the future."
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