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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...

This is a human constant. well, forgive me, but im quoting from you now. "as a species," you say, "we need to outgrow our "fear of death." mm, i think theres something... i talk about the wisdom narrative that can be found in many cultures, looking back throughout recorded history, both in religions like christianity, particularly in the old testament, and in buddhism and in other kinds of belief systems, like ancient greek philosophy, which are about trying to come to terms with death and facin...

Coping with death and the fear of death because it has motivated so much creativity and positive human development. are you essentially something is a negative or positive story? i is a negative or positive sto ? ., ., _ is a negative or positive sto ? ., ., ., story? i would not say we are immature _ story? i would not say we are immature and _ story? i would not say we are immature and being - story? i would not say we are immature and being unable l story? i would not say we are | immature an...

This is a human constant. well, forgive me, but im quoting from you now. "as a species," you say, "we need to outgrow our fear of death." i think theres something... i talk about the wisdom narrative that can be found in many cultures, looking back throughout recorded history, both in religions like christianity, particularly in the old testament, and in buddhism and in other kinds of belief systems, like ancient greek philosophy, which are about trying to come to terms with death and facing mor...

Countrywide Searches, Detentions Also Target Journalists, Critics Belarusian riot police block the road to stop demonstrators during an opposition rally to protest the official presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus on November 15, 2020. © 2021 AP Photo (Berlin) – Belarusian authorities carried out a day of massive, unprecedented raids and detentions against the Belarus human rights community on July 14, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Police i...