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by Anne Boysen
Institute for Emerging Ethics and Technologies are discussing these days the appropriateness of
discussing transhumanism with children, or more precisely: Should we tell them that they have a plausible chance of
living forever?
I remember the first time my oldest daughter asked me if I will ever die. Knowing that life extending technologies probably will have the capability of offering much longer, healthier lives than today, I assured that her I probably will be able to stick around for a pretty long time. But I didn’t mention anything about immortality.
Ever since this conversation, singularity and transhumanist scenarios have been riveting more people and are even starting to appear in mainstream
