The Immortalists

The Race for Eternal Life

A wild and thrilling investigation into the business of eternal life

'A fascinating, deeply reported adventure' Oliver Burkeman
'Riveting' Daily Mail
'Brilliantly troubling . eye-opening' New Scientist
'Entertaining and insightful' Financial Times
'Utterly compelling' New Statesman
The titans of Silicon Valley are building a fountain of youth of their own creation: one they not only engineer, but also own and control. By harnessing technology to ‘cure’ ageing, and investing cutting-edge – and often controversial – research, today’s immortalists are locked in an arms race to pocket the profits of longevity.

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 determined to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and tech-bros founding brand-new nations.

What was once humanity’s oldest dream is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most lucrative industries. But what does it mean when a handful of billionaires become the architects of our forever?
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