Book Reviewed: Immortality, Inc.: Renegade Science, Silicon Valley Billions, and the Quest to Live Forever by Chip Walter

Technology and post-humanism Technology could make us immortal; The Six Million Dollar Man, Robocop and The Matrix share common DNA of human beings enhanced by technology. The technology will be used to extend longevity and enhance physical and cognitive performance. The goal is to overcome mind and body limitations by making an individual better than merely being human. Immortality has gone secular in the last two decades and unhooked from the realm of gods. It's now the subject of serious intellectual and financial investment in the Silicon Valley to make longevity possible. This book explores scientific pursuit of immortality with Silicon Valley visionaries. The champions of this radical cause include of molecular biologist and Apple chairman Arthur Levinson, genomics entrepreneur Craig Venter, futurist Ray Kurzweil, biologist Aubrey de Grey, and stem cell researcher Robert Hariri. This is the age of billionaires betting their fortunes on laboratory advances to prove aging is unnecessary, and death can be cured. This book does not go into the scientific and technological details behind aging research but provide a journalistic overview of how technocrats are changing the course of human endeavor.