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The Death Series, Pt 3: The Transhumanists Take on Death

In the first post of this series I defined death more broadly than the common understanding of biological death, to mean the ending of things. And in the second post I showed how this understanding of death leads to living more fully, and can if explored adequately can actually lead to a transformation of our very identities and to a kind of “spiritual immortality." This immortality has everything to do with seeing that “I” am not this fleeting body, this fleeting mind, etc. but instead include all of that and more. When speaking of death and immortality though, it’s important to bring in the perspective of a school of ...