For years, Zoltan Istvan traveled the world on behalf of National Geographic to document nature and different human cultures. But a near-fatal experience in a conflict zone in Vietnam changed the course of his life. After narrowly escaping a landmine, the American journalist was confronted with the fragility of the human body and began looking for answers in science to overcome aging and death. He has become one of the most visible faces of transhumanism, the philosophical and scientific movement that advocates the use of technology, from genetics to electronic implants, to overcome the biological limits of our species.
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