Franco Cortese
The Boon to Longevity Progress will be Increased Activism, Advocacy & Lobbying
16 December 2013
When asked what the biggest bottleneck for progress in life-extension is, most thinkers and researchers say funding. Others say the biggest bottleneck is breakthroughs, while still others say it...
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Call for Contributors: The Prospect of Immortality − Fifty Years Later (Ed. Charles Tandy Ph.D.)
28 November 2013
The Prospect of Immortality − Fifty Years Later
Editor: Charles Tandy, Ph.D.
Three Specters of Immortality (Talk Given at the Radical Life Extension Conference in Washington D.C)
02 November 2013
The following is the text of a talk I gave at a Radical Life Extension Conference held in the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, September 22nd Talks were also given by Antonei B. Csoka, G...
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Immanuel Kant's Moral Philosophy Necessitates Personal Immortality
20 October 2013
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was an 18th century philosopher, one of the earliest philosophers belonging to the enlightenment tradition, and often considered the father of German Idealism.
Video Panel with Aubrey de Grey, Franco Cortese, Ilia Stambler and Maria Konovalenko for the London Futurists Broadcast Live on YouTube
10 October 2013
On September 29th I took part in a 4-person panel consisting of Aubrey de Grey, Ilia Stambler, Maria Konovalenko and myself, moderated by David Wood, for a London Futurists event broadcast live on...
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New Book - Longevitize!: Essays on the Science, Philosophy & Politics of Longevity
04 September 2013
Radical Life Extension Conference in Washington DC on September 22nd
28 August 2013
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Longer Life Will Not Slow Planck's Picture of Progress, But Will Accelerate It!
21 August 2013
“A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar...
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Heidegger, Cooney and The Death-Gives-Meaning-To-Life Hypothesis
07 August 2013
One common argument against indefinite lifespans is that a definitive limit to one’s life – that is, death – provides some essential baseline reference, and that it is only in con...
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