Summary: Is the singularity near? Stan and Jason discuss the documentary Transcendent Man about futurist Ray Kurzweil and the possibility that medicine will soon produce such vastly increased lifespans that immortality might become a possibility. Whether by extending the span of our biological selves, and/or uploading by our consciousness, we discuss the implications Ray Kurzweil's predictions might have on human consciousness in the near future. Would you want to live forever? Or choose when you die? Tune in to hear our thoughts now!
