The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

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出版日期:
2025/10/22
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當死亡被視為一個「程式錯誤」(glitch),而矽谷正在投資於永生「科學」時,這對我們所有人意味著什麼?

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當死亡被視為一個「程式錯誤」(glitch),而矽谷正在投資於永生「科學」時,這對我們所有人意味著什麼?

  • 「一場引人入勝、深入報導的冒險」 — OLIVER BURKEMAN

  • 「我們數位時代的必要寓言」 — KEVIN FONG


從吉爾伽美什史詩 (The epic of Gilgamesh) 到賢者之石的煉金術 (the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone),人類對永恆生命永恆的追求——以及其所採用的回春秘訣、療法和藥劑——始終是我們最為「凡人」的努力。

然而,現今的發明與投資巨頭們正在打造一個他們自己創造的青春之泉:一個他們不僅設計,而且擁有和控制的「泉源」。對他們而言,死亡只是下一個要解決的問題,是一種將人類視為需要修理的電器、將身體視為需要升級的機器的傲慢自大(hubris)的體現。透過利用科技「治癒」衰老,並資助尖端且往往存在爭議的研究,今天的「長生不老主義者」們正陷入一場軍備競賽,爭奪長壽所帶來的巨額利潤。

過去充滿實驗色彩的**「狂野西部」,現在已悄然滲入華盛頓的權力走廊。屢獲殊榮的播音員兼學者 Aleks Krotoski,將帶領我們從邪教邊緣走向政府核心地帶,去會見那些正在「顛覆死亡」**的鉅富、有效利他主義者、老年科學家和企業家。

一路上,她會遇到為自己十幾歲兒子輸血以圖延長生命激進派人士、想要將意識上傳至雲端的超人類主義者 (transhumanists),兜售 AI 驅動健康應用程式的生物駭客 (biohackers),以及正在建立全新國家的億萬富翁推手。

這項極其敏銳的調查提出了質問:我們真的希望少數幾位矽谷的權勢人物,成為我們「永恆生命」的建築師嗎?


What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?

'A fascinating, deeply reported adventure' OLIVER BURKEMAN
'An essential parable for our digital times' KEVIN FONG

From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.

But now the giants of invention and investment are building a fountain of youth of their own creation: one they not only engineer, but also own and control. Death is simply their next problem to solve, an expression of a hubris that regards humans as appliances to be fixed and machines to be upgraded. By harnessing technology to ‘cure’ ageing, and funding cutting-edge – and often controversial – research, today’s immortalists are locked in an arms race to pocket the profits of longevity.

What was once a wild west of experimentation has wormed its way into Washington’s corridors of power. Award-winning broadcaster and academic Aleks Krotoski journeys from cult fringes to the heartlands of government to meet the moguls, effective altruists, geroscientists and entrepreneurs who are disrupting death. Along the way she encounters radical life extensionists transfusing their teenage son’s blood, transhumanists who want to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and billionaire kingmakers building brand-new nations.

This razor-sharp investigation asks: do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley powerbrokers to be the architects of our forever?

‘A rare combination of academic, geek, reporter and fluent essayist’ Observer

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作者介紹

Aleks Krotoski
Aleks Krotoski is an award-winning international broadcaster, author and academic. She has topped the ratings for the BBC and Channel 4, winning Emmy, BAFTA, Radio Academy and Royal Society awards, and has written and presented landmark technology and social science series for both radio (with BBC Radio 4’s The Artificial Human and The Digital Human) and international television (with BBC World’s The Virtual Revolution). Krotoski has held fellowships at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and received an honorary doctorate from the Open University. She currently teaches at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.

規格

誠品貨碼 / 2682986972007
ISBN13 / 9781847928511
ISBN10 /
EAN貨碼 / 9781847928511
頁數 / 320
裝訂 / P:平裝
語言 / 3:英文
尺寸 / 16.2 x 2.8 x 24.2 cm
級別 / N:無
提供維修 / 無

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