> Even if you manage to digitise yourself This article talks about a potential way to increase lifespan and quality of life by a very modest amount, by a proce

> Even if you manage to digitise yourself This article talks about a potential way to increase lifespan and quality of life by a very modest amount, by a process that if it is feasible at all for humans (which it likely won't be), will only be available in the somewhat distant future. Digitizing yourself is several orders of magnitude removed from that, both technologically and in terms of what it would mean for the individual. > you're still limited by the ultimate end of the universe. There is a huge chasm between the prospect of an increased your lifespan and the notion that existence should never end, even if that increase in life expectancy would happen to be extreme from our current point of view. Just because literally eternal life is not in congruence with physics (or most practical definitions of intelligence for that matter) doesn't mean the idea of living far longer than currently possible is invalid. I would even say these two have very little in common. > (which seems to be the fantasy of many posters here) It's an aspirational fantasy that I share. I recognize the fact that this will not become feasible in my lifetime, but I do not think it's a fantasy in the sense that it is unattainable if we work towards that goal. Given the choice, I would do it in a heartbeat. It's possible that we as a civilization will just opt to not pursue the matter further, the same as with any other scientific or technological goal.