We've been finding ways to live longer since the advent of modern medicine[0]; these moonshot projects funded by the likes of Google via Calico aren't literally

We've been finding ways to live longer since the advent of modern medicine[0]; these moonshot projects funded by the likes of Google via Calico aren't literally trying to find a way to live forever, just mitigate or cure the things that cause death. Now, perhaps some day in the future we'll have learned enough about how the brain works to keep it alive simply by continuing to supply blood and emulating/simulating the nervous system to allow the person to continue to exist within a virtual environment (or simply via an ipad on some motorized wheels). Some work has been done on the 'staying alive' front[1] but it's very unlikely this sort of biotech matures to work on Humans within the next 50-100 years. 0: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040079/life-expectancy-united-states-all-time/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040079/life-expectancy-... 1: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01216-4