[Watch] How to Live Forever
The idea of cheating death is audacious and yet undeniably tempting. If we could preserve our minds or bodies indefinitely, who wouldn’t at least consider it?
Watch neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston and host Dr Jen Martin for a mind-expanding discussion on the radical possibilities of brain preservation.
In this conversation, Zeleznikow-Johnston argues that death is not defined by a stopped heart or final breath, but by the loss of personal identity encoded in the very structure of our brains. As scientific breakthroughs bring us closer to preserving that structure, the prospect of future revival shifts from science fiction to scientific possibility.
In 'The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death, Zeleznikow-Johnston' confronts the ethical, biological and philosophical implications head-on, challenging long-held fears of overpopulation, social stagnation and unnaturalness. Martin and Zeleznikow-Johnston present a compelling case for rethinking what it means to die and what it might, one day, mean to live again.
Originally presented in partnership with Now or Never on Wednesday 27 August 2025 by The Wheeler Centre.