The new eugenic intention seems to be not only pro-life but pro-quality of every life; the choice will be for every person against nature’s randomness and indifference. New year, new you: Living longer than ever, we can reinvent ourselves, time after time. Do you really want to live forever? Science is striving to reverse the ageing process so we can all live longer, but that does come with its drawbacks. The quest for individual immortality is admittedly tempting yet fundamentally irrelevant to the great project we have inherited: to build and improve the Enlightenment Civilization. Can you live forever? Maybe not, but you can have fun trying. Never say die: How radical will radical life extension be? Thoughts about our species’ future: Nicholas Agar on his book Humanity’s End: Why We Should Reject Radical Enhancement (and a review, and an interview and part 2). How do we deal with a purposeless universe and the finality of death? John Gray on humanity's quest for immortality. From Cryonics, a review of Confessions of an Antinatalist by Jim Crawford; The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti; and Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming Into Existence by David Benatar. Is a life worth starting? Mike Perry has some personal views. Exactly when is a person dead? Exit with dignity: Many turn to God in the face of death, but two critics of religion, 230 years apart, have the same calm courage. Would death be easier if you know you’ve been cloned?
