Immortality - a matter of time

Whata bout these singularity peoples?

Last night there was a story on the Singularity Institute on 60 minutes. The researchers there are working on nanotechnology to which they propose will overcome the inevitably of death allowing humans to live forever. They claimed that nanotechnology is the science in which atoms can be rearranged to the 'arrangers' will, turning atoms into building blocks. Skipping the details, those at the singularity institute propose that they will be able to reverse aging, virtually eliminate disease and reorder atoms so one can organically reproduce the heart they had at twenty - within the next fifty years; they say, humans will have access to technologies that will enable them to live forever.

In the short segment on 60 minutes, there was no discussion as to what this meant for society, in fact the whole thing seemed pretty awesome. Yet, I think it is imperative that we all start to think about what it could mean if in fifty years from now we may have the opportunity to revert back to the level of health we had in our youth.

What does it mean for society if we can live forever?

I'm afraid to even consider this subject because it is so overwhelming, but that is what we will attempt to do in part two tomorrow, in the meantime sleep.