5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality
Unsupervised Learning7 Apr 2016

5 Increasingly Effective Ways to Achieve Immortality



[ Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS ]

—

I think a lot about how to become immortal. More than I should, probably.

Many think it’s a waste of time. Everyone dies, and it’s foolish to think we can avoid it. This piece takes a different view, and describes a number of ways, with varying levels of requirement and effectiveness, one can either avoid dying or live on after death.

They’ll go from most practical to most effective.

1. Live On Through Your Children

This one is cheating a bit, mostly because you’re not actually becoming immortal.

But the fact remains that this does give many people (probably billions) a genuine feeling of lastingness, and that’s significant.

Again, I don’t really count it because it’s an extremely tenuous way of living on, but it deserves mention.

2. Live On Through Your Works

This one is kind of like the first, in that you’re not actually getting to continue living. So it’s a bit of a misnomer too.

What it deals with, however, can also provide a significant sense of contentment at the end of one’s life. Basically, if you leave behind works and ideas that will be used by significant numbers of people, for a significant period of time, you can think of this as living on.

It’ll take some sting off of dying, perhaps. But not much. You’re still dead.

3. Reconstruction Through Reproduction of Variables

Ok, now we’re getting into actual survivability.

This one works like this: either before you die, or after you are dead, an organization collects a series of inputs about you and uses them to create a working model of you.

Here are some of the input types:


* Your DNA (this is really important)
* Everything there is to know about where you grew up (what was happening in the world then, where you went to high school, what the major news events were, the major themes in culture and art, etc.)
* Everything there is to know about the people you grew up with
* All your personal, transformational experiences. This can be gathered from a myriad of sources, but your own description of the incidents will be key. It’ll also come from interviews with people who know those experiences and how they affected you
* Every piece of output you left behind, e.g. blog posts, Facebook posts, books, essays, schoolwork, letters, videos, whatever. They’re all harvested for evidence of who you are


Then, the system takes the environment data and models it against your DNA, which it got from a piece of hair or something. It runs your entire genome and determines how you would respond mentally to these various stimuli.

The output is a digital life form that is, as much as it can be, you. You now live in cyberspace somewhere, and you’re introduced to the fact that you were reconstructed using this method, and that you have this rich history, etc. You are you.

4. Preserving Your Brain to Be Put in Another Body in the Future

Another method for achieving comfort that you’ll continue to live after death is to have a reliable way to preserve your brain once you pass, with the belief that it’ll be either 1) put into another body later (not my favorite idea), or 2) it’ll be downloaded into a digital form to live permanently in cyberspace.

Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episoder(532)

UL NO. 430: The Courage to be Disliked

UL NO. 430: The Courage to be Disliked

How I use local AI models, MI5 vetting research students, the first AI deepfake racism attack, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

3 Mai 202430min

UL NO. 429: Build Your Career Around Problems

UL NO. 429: Build Your Career Around Problems

Stanford's State of AI, Peter Thiel vs. Tyler Cowen, China Taiwan Hacking Prep, GenZ Outperforming, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!  Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Apr 202421min

UL NO. 428: Reason to Fear; Reason to Build.

UL NO. 428: Reason to Fear; Reason to Build.

AI Propaganda, Speaking Events, analhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessleryze_presentation Pattern, Guarding Your Energy Reserves, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!  Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 Apr 202416min

UL NO. 427: AI's Predictable Future

UL NO. 427: AI's Predictable Future

Israeli identity reveal, deepfaked content summaries, Altman/Ive device, wealthy kids, Cowen v. Haidt, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

10 Apr 202421min

UL NO. 425: The Efficient Security Principle

UL NO. 425: The Efficient Security Principle

US drone combat, extract ideas from any book, Pinker writing analysis, Flipper reversal, GPT-5 updates, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Mar 202421min

UL NO. 424: Raising Security's Floor

UL NO. 424: Raising Security's Floor

Insane Video Deepfakes, Devin Gets Slack Access, New Fabric Patterns, AI Application Interfaces, Let Grow, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Mar 202426min

A Conversation with Jason Meller of Kolide/1Password

A Conversation with Jason Meller of Kolide/1Password

In this sponsored conversation, I speak with Jason Meller. Jason is the founder of Kolide, which has just recently been acquired by 1Password. We discuss: - Kolide's acquisition by 1Password- The synergy between Kolide and 1Password- The challenge of password management- The concept of device trust and zero trust- The limitations of MDM solutions- Engaging end-users in security remediation- The philosophy behind Kolide's approach- The importance of human-friendly security solutions- Future plans for Kolide under 1Password- The potential for broader application of Kolide's technology Jason and I see a lot of things the same, and I really enjoyed this conversation and think you will too. kolide.com/unsupervisedlearningBecome a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

19 Mar 202421min

UL NO. 423: AI is Becoming Like Reading

UL NO. 423: AI is Becoming Like Reading

Google AI Espionage, My macOS UI, Cloudflare AI Firewall, Midnight Blizzard, and more… Subscribe to the newsletter at: https://danielmiessler.com/subscribe Join the UL community at:https://danielmiessler.com/upgrade Follow on X:https://twitter.com/danielmiessler Follow on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielmiessler See you in the next one!Become a Member: https://danielmiessler.com/upgradeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 Mar 202420min

Populært innen Teknologi

romkapsel
teknisk-sett
rss-avskiltet
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
energi-og-klima
shifter
rss-impressions-2
nasjonal-sikkerhetsmyndighet-nsm
smart-forklart
rss-alt-som-gar-pa-strom
pedagogisk-intelligens
i-loopen
rss-digitaliseringspadden
rss-heis
rss-fjorsilkebris-podcast
teknologi-og-mennesker
elektropodden
kunstig-intelligens-med-morten-goodwin
rss-for-alarmen-gar
rss-plateprat