Eternal life. Living forever. Outlasting your enemies and your… houseplants, in desperate hope to be young, hip and glam, and.. in Power, if possible always a number One (because who would want to live immortality being poor, in slam and slightly (or more) depressive?).
In this article, we’ll explore humanity’s persistent obsession with beating death and their consistent failure. The promise of all these attempts: No effort for a personal evolution is needed, your ego is perfect, we just need something external.
And we had a history of failures. Such as: sniffing herbs, drinking mercury, and trusting 14th-century alchemists to unlock eternal youth. Spoiler: they didn’t. Other attempts were made by Artists via Sculptures, Painting ro Biocosmism attempts to transport you on other Planets or Virtual and Transhumanist Approaches. But, hey, all comes with a Price tag, because the First in Line for the Immortal tickets should be those with Impressive bank accounts 🙂 Or not? 🙂
Also we asked ourselves if living forever is worth it? Do you really want to spend eternity stuck in a Type 0 civilization that still thinks it is worth getting angry on the internet in precious debates about the superiority of cats vs dogs…
Grab your elixir (or energy drink), and let’s dive into humanity’s most ambitious vanity project — living forever in a world that still can’t agree on who really won an argument in that group chat…
We reviewed the trials through ancient and contemporary medicine, art, and who were the sponsors behind, and the perspective of EVOLUTION. The first trial is to take some kind of “magic pill” – be it the fountain of youth, the elixir of life, the holy grail, till modern approaches of brain-computer interaction, body enhancement or genetic engineering.
After the magic “pills” proved to be a failure, the second attempt was more symbolic: artists were called in, to conquer immortality. We reviewed the second attempt toward immortality with the help of creativity, such as Ancient sculptures or Renaissance paintings, Artistic Avant-garde including Futurism but also Bio-Cosmists that dreamed to resurrect the death and transport them to other planets, till contemporary attempts for Digital/ Virtual Immortality or transhumanists approaches.
Immortality: Between Power and Art
But, during all these quests, “party-spoilers” always asked the same one thing: why to be Immortal and what is the Price of It? Asking Ourselves if the Immortality Cash-Flow was Positive, Negative or Speculative, we tried to Count the Coins for Immortality. Because, it was always the Desire of Rich and Greedy Humans, who wanted to become themselves (and not everyone) Immortal Gods that supported The Impossible Dreams that moved Art and Science forward and triggered Evolution. So, let’s follow the Money!
EVOLUTION or FROM DUMMIES TO… FIRST TYPE OF CIVILISATION– THE KARDASHEV SCALE
There were old day, when our ancestors hunt animals in the forest, torment random innocents, and never travel more than a few miles from home? Now, we’ve got smartphones, airplanes, and space probes — clearly, we’ve evolved. But… have we really?
According to science, we’re still a Type 0 civilization. Not even a Type 1. Yeap — with all our tech, tweets, and Teslas, we’re still not past level zero.
Civilized? Technically, we’re just fancy cavemen with Wi-Fi. Read more about the prospects to evolve… to achieve Immortality – HERE.
