End of Death

The End of Death? Conscious Life in Global Cyberspace

by Michael Purdy

Virtual life/consciousness on a chip/microprocessor, magical thinking
The motivation to preserve consciousness
the impossibility of virtual life

Perhaps putting consciousness on a chip is the last hurrah of the mental (rational) consciousness, the ultimate... more Perhaps putting consciousness on a chip is the last hurrah of the mental (rational) consciousness, the ultimate extension of instrumental rationality—the ultimate attempt to direct and be in control of life.
Do not go gentle into that good night. ... Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas