The Immortalists Paperback by Aleks Krotoski

Product Details

• Publisher: Vintage (2027-02-23)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 320 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781847928504
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A wild and thrilling investigation into the business of eternal life

'A fascinating, deeply reported adventure' Oliver Burkeman
'Riveting' Daily Mail
'Brilliantly troubling ... eye-opening' New Scientist
'Entertaining and insightful' Financial Times
'Utterly compelling' New Statesman

The titans of Silicon Valley are building the fountain of youth: one they not only engineer, but also own and control. By harnessing technology to ‘cure’ ageing, and investing in cutting-edge – and often controversial – research, these 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 modified plasma, transhumanists determined to upload consciousness to the cloud, biohackers flogging AI-powered wellness apps and tech bros founding brand-new nations.

What was once humanity’s oldest dream is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most lucrative industries. But what does it mean when a handful of billionaires become the architects of our forever?

A Telegraph Book of the Year

About the Author

Dr Aleks Krotoski is an award-winning international broadcaster, author and academic. She has topped the ratings for the BBC and Channel 4, winning Emmy, BAFTA, Radio Academy and Royal Society awards, and has written and presented landmark technology and social science series for both radio (with BBC Radio 4’s The Artificial Human and The Digital Human) and international television (with BBC World’s The Virtual Revolution). Krotoski has held fellowships at the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics and received an honorary doctorate from the Open University. She currently teaches at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.