For Which Generation Will Death Become Optional?
thesaraharminta · x · 2026-10-07
The author poses a provocative question: what is the oldest generation for which death will become optional — i.e., the cohort that will catch longevity technologies (increasing accelerated by AI) capable of making death a choice rather than a certainty.
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