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In the final installment of Immortality: A User's Guide, a look at World Questions and the hard problem of steering science and technology collectively.

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Dec 20, 2023
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The headlines reporting the events of September 26, 2009 suggested that the day was generally speaking a slow news day. Angela Merkel was announced as the new head of the German government; the director Roman Polanski was arrested; the Yankees were on the brink of clinching the AL East pennant. But quietly, with little news coverage, something momentous…

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