Grappling with human immortality
Roger Box finds himself wrestling with existential questions after learning about mind clones.One of the reasons to come to SXSW is to get exposure to new ideas, and you hear the phrase “mind blown” a lot around here.
The session that did that for me was from Martine Rothblatt who gave a keynote talking about mind clones – the idea that humans can transcend software and potentially live forever.
She is a lawyer, MBA, founder of Sirius radio and United Therapeutics making her the highest-paid female CEO in American. She is also a transgender activist, who came out as transgender herself in 1994 while remaining married to her wife of 35 years and father/mother to their four children. A truly remarkable woman.
Communicating an infinitely complex futurist’s thoughts is a challenge, but here goes.
