And this brings us back to children as the solution to the problem of human aging: Upload the useful subset of skills, memories, and wisdom into young bodies that have been wired to facilitate, augment, and amend this cognitive package as needed. It is entirely natural to want to live a long life, and to see one’s descendants well positioned for the future. Many believe that as individuals we are entitled to more, that we personally must be preserved, but this desire is in error. Such preservation would interrupt the primary mechanism by which humans innovate and keep pace with change. We
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