548: DEEP DIVE: Digital Afterlife: Preserving Your Mind for Eternity

The Why Files: Operation Podcast

14-05-2024 • 34 mins

Picture a future where your mind can live forever, uploaded to a digital universe. As scientists race to map the brain and tech giants vie to connect minds with machines, the promise of immortality beckons.

But at what cost? Uncover the astonishing breakthroughs and grapple with the profound implications as the boundaries between human and artificial blur. Would you sacrifice your physical body for a shot at eternity in the cloud?

Today we explore the cutting-edge science, the startling realities, and the mind-bending possibilities that await us on the horizon of consciousness uploading. Get ready to question everything you thought you knew about life, death, and what it means to be human.

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