One of the many things I like about Michael Ventura’s writing — presumably, about his mind, though we have never met — is that he not only doesn’t stop at the easy answers, he doesn’t even pause. He’s always thinking for himself. Have you ever thought how rare that is, in a media-permeated culture such as ours?
MICHAEL VENTURA
LETTERS AT 3AM –
THE SADNESS THAT STAYS
Austin Chronicle – April 16, 2014
“Can Google Solve Death?” Time ran that headline on its cover last September. They call it “radical life extension”: engineering biology so as to live much, much longer. My personal response is “No, thank you,” and my hunch is that the longer you extend longevity, the less you’ll like what you find – but let’s give a cheer of “Good luck!” anyway, because the more successful they are the more they’ll need the luck.