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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 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...

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...

"fantastic if we have a breakthrough in life "extension and, sure, therell be problems, "but well solve them." well, fine. but lets. .. show me how you can solve the problems of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse and global warming now, and then ill believe you if you tell me you can do it if everyone is living to 120 and population has doubled. those material challenges are clearly very real. but you go beyond the material challenges. you talk about the philosophical objections that you h...

If everyone is living to 120 and population has doubled. those material challenges are clearly very real. but you go beyond the material challenges. you talk about the philosophical objections that you have as well. you seem to be suggesting that, actually, if we could live much longer and, you know, posit the notion of forever — ie, immortality — it would be extremely bad for us, bad for us because it would drain us of motivation. we would all be bored and we would be unhappy human beings. ...

You know, "it would be fantastic if we have a breakthrough in life extension and, sure, therell be problems, "but well solve them." well, fine. but lets. .. show me how you can solve the problems of biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse and global warming now, and then ill believe you if you tell me you can do it if everyone is living to 120 and population has doubled. those material challenges are clearly very real. but you go beyond the material challenges. you talk about the philosophical ...