Poll- Do YOU want to live forever?
A few years ago, a Reader’s Digest poll asked people all over the world to answer one simple question: Do YOU want to live forever? As a science fiction author […]
Category Archives: Culture and Society
Killing Death- Natural Causes
Earlier in this series I mentioned I work in an Alaskan state government office and I take in copies of Death Certificates. By far, the decedents are over fifty and […]
Killing Death- Suicide
This month, I’m exploring how and if we could end death for good. The image you see is from the Manner of Death box on Alaska’s death certificate. I see […]
Death Defined II
There has been discussion about the definition of death in the news lately. My last blog was about the medical definition of death, but what about the human dimension of […]
How Long Should We Live? Part III- Continued
I wrote the last two posts about the biological and ecological consequences of living longer, but also of doing away with death altogether. Now we come to something that intrigues […]
How Long Should We Live- Part II- Just About Right-
Last week I explored the life cycle of pacific salmon, which make the ultimate sacrifice for the next generation. After they spawn, they age and die rapidly, leaving the resources […]
The Immortal In Your Garage Part II
Last week I explored immortality when I compared Alaska’s giant mining machines, the dredges, to the human body. Two of Fairbanks’ ten dredges ran 24 hours each day and 254 […]
