Immortalists

What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?'A fascinating, deeply reported adventure' Oliver Burkeman'Riveting' Daily Mail'Brilliantly troubling ... eye-opening, entertaining' New Scientist'Entertaining and insightful' Financial Times'Utterly compelling' New StatesmanThe giants of invention and investment are building a fountain of youth of their own creation: one they not only engineer, but also own and control. Death is simply their next problem to solve. By harnessing technology to ‘cure’ ageing, and funding 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 who want to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and billionaire kingmakers building brand-new nations.This razor-sharp investigation asks: do we really want a handful of Silicon Valley powerbrokers to be the architects of our forever?Telegraph Book of the Year