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stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around us any more if they did not. they wouldnt be around us any more if they didnt. the mouse that didnt care about surviving wouldnt pass on its genes. so we come for from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep goi...

which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. one of the key drivers of human thought and behaviour throughout history has been knowledge of our own mortality. from childhood each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have in different ways embraced the quest for immortality. my guess today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for technology and humanity is at the centre of a growing deba...

stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldnt be around us any more if they didnt. the mouse that didnt care about surviving wouldnt pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, thats part of our surviv...

of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldnt be around us any more if they didnt. the mouse that didnt care about surviving wouldnt pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, thats part of our survival mechanism, if you like, that allow us to see the future, to generalise. and were conscious of ourselves as individua...

is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure. you believe our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around as if they did not. the mountain did not care about surviving would not pass on genes. we come for from a long line of creatures that determined to keep going but we have these big brands tha...

stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldnt be around us any more if they didnt. the mouse that didnt care about surviving wouldnt pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, thats part of our surviv...

A limited set of interests, or we would become terribly bored and fall into ennui. but that doesnt mean that applies to the real prospects of life extension of a few decades. but it is worth bearing in mind that, you know, hundreds of millions of people right now are already depressed. this is worth taking seriously. you know... ..theres an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food heres terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you ...

This is worth taking seriously. you know... ..there�*s an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food heres terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you want a larger portion of terrible food? i mean, we have hundreds... i like thejoke, and i get the message. but there are equally many millions of people living around the world who are deeply depressed by the notion that, actually, before very long, theyre going to die. and it gives...

Very long they are going to die and give them an overwhelming sense of the pointlessness of everything. sense of the pointlessness of everything-— everything. life can be full of d . everything. life can be full of dry. and _ everything. life can be full of dry. and l _ everything. life can be full of dry, and i think— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our priorities | dry, and i think our priorities should be to enable a...

Terribly bored and fall into ennui. but that doesnt mean that applies to the real prospects of life extension of a few decades. but it is worth bearing in mind that, you know, hundreds of millions of people right now are already depressed. this is worth taking seriously. you know... ..theres an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food heres terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you want a larger portion of terrible food? i mean,...