The dream of a longer healthy lifespan is driving politics, business, and science alike. Silicon Valley, Moscow, and Europe are all vying for control over the future of humanity: while billionaire investors in the US are researching ways to overcome death and Russia is making longevity a national strategy, Europe is asking questions about meaning, responsibility, and moderation. Euro-transhumanism offers a critical, pluralistic response to global technological optimism—and asks how we can shape progress without losing ourselves.
A lecture on the political interconnections of transhumanism, the boom in anti-aging research, and the search for a European vision of the future.