Et si nous devenions immortels ?

Synopsis of Et si nous devenions immortels ?

«Et si nous devenions immortels ?» is Laurent Alexandre's essay on technomedicine, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (480 pages, in French).

With examples such as erasing traumatic memories or creating mice with two mothers or two fathers, the book analyses how technomedicine could double life expectancy. It raises ethical dilemmas of the shift from repaired to augmented humans, new inequalities and the future of pensions, and argues that it is possible to choose among the options of progress.

Published in 2018, it belongs to the Documents collection and falls within the fields of science, philosophy and technology.

For readers interested in bioethics, transhumanism and the social debate on technology applied to health.