{"id":175340,"date":"2023-11-03T02:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T07:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/when-will-we-upload-our-consciousness-to-the-cloud"},"modified":"2023-11-03T02:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T07:24:31","slug":"when-will-we-upload-our-consciousness-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/when-will-we-upload-our-consciousness-to-the-cloud","title":{"rendered":"When will we upload our consciousness to the cloud?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TqM-rhKniLE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As long as people have been alive, they\u2019ve wanted to stay alive. For centuries, explorers have searched for the fountain of youth. And today, scientists are hard at work researching technology that can extend the human lifespan, stop or reverse aging; and even preserve a terminally ill person indefinitely, until a cure for their disease is discovered. But what if \u2014 instead of preserving our *bodies* \u2014 we could preserve our *consciousness*; by uploading it to a powerful computer. This is called *mind uploading*. And one startup has developed a procedure to do exactly this. It\u2019s scientifically sound, there\u2019s a waiting list to participate, and the procedure \u2014 is one hundred percent fatal. 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