Belief in radical life extension and scientific immortality has itself declined as a symptom of stagnation: in 1999 there was still a fringe Boomer belief that science would cure all diseases (e.g., cryonics enthusiasm), but no millennial believes that anymore.
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“there was still a fringe Boomer view where they still believed they could live forever. And that was the last generation... No one, no one who's a millennial believes that anymore.”
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A.I., Mars and Immortality: Are We Dreaming Big Enough? | Interesting Times with Ross Douthat— Interesting Times with Ross DouthatCreated: 6/18/2026, 2:32:27 PM
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