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Immortality and Life Extension

4 essays examining this part of cryonics history, practice, evidence, or possible futures.

The Race Between Rejuvenation and Cryopreservation

The clocks sit on my kitchen wall, tick tock steady, like two eyes watching the same room from different angles. One clock counts the minutes of today, the hours of a life lived with legs that still carry me to…

Can Aging Research Make Cryonics Obsolete?

Then I read another headline about aging. Then I hear another promise word. Cure. End. Breakthrough. It is hard not to want to believe every strong claim. I am old enough to know better than to treat wishful…

Is Cryonics a Backup Plan—or the Main Life-Extension Plan?

I sit with the morning light in my kitchen, the kind that makes the edges of the world seem a little softer. It shifts across the wooden table, touches the mug, and I realize how often I start the day with a…

Why Do Humans Want to Live Forever?

I am sitting with a cup of tea and a quiet afternoon light. The soft clock in the hall keeps time the way a patient friend does—steady, unhurried. I am sixty one, and the question presses in on me the way a…