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Our Centuries-Long Quest for Immortality From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Biohacking

Our Centuries-Long Quest for Immortality From Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Biohacking

This fear, one so strong, has spawned a number of gurus and scientists who suggest that dying is optional, like a Harvard University geneticist who argues aging is a disease we can treat, and at least one man in California who tracks his nighttime erections as a health metric. Whether any of it works is one question, and what our quest for longevity says about us is another, better one.

This article was originally published by Outside Online.

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