"I would like to live to tomorrow. And that's a low bar, but okay, we'll give it to you," he says. "People get some pleasure from life, and they want to continue to live." The company is working on new technology for people who are already 98 years old or older.
Would you want to live forever? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and author, inventor, and futurist Ray Kurzweil discuss immortality, longevity escape velocity, the singularity, and the future of technology. What will life be like in 10 years?
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