TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES ABOUT LIFE EXTENSION AND TRANSHUMANITY

Charles Tandy, Ph.D. 5

2. CAN THE HUMAN LIFESPAN BE EXTENDED? A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES' ATTACK ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

William Faloon 19

3. NANOTECHNOLOGY AND LIFE EXTENSION

Christopher J. Phoenix 69

4. RESPIROCYTES AND THEIR USES IN FUTURE NANOMEDICINE

Robert A. Freitas Jr. 103

5. TRANSHUMANISM: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME

Nick Bostrom, Ph.D. 119

6. TRANSHUMANISM IN PERSPECTIVE

Rael 133

7. DREAMS OF AUTARKY

Robin Hanson, Ph.D. 149

8. IMMORTALITY, MORTALITY AND "WAIT AND SEE HOW I FEEL LATER"

Avatar Polymorph 163

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9. IDENTITY PEGGED TO THE OBSERVER

Jim Yount 173

10. GOD, RELIGION, AND THE SCIENTIFIC QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY

R. Michael Perry, Ph.D. 193

11. IMMORTALIST LITERATURE

R. Michael Perry, Ph.D. 213

12. BOOKS RELATED TO LIFE EXTENSION

AND TRANSHUMANITY

Charles Tandy, Ph.D. 233

13. WEBSITES RELATED TO LIFE EXTENSION

AND TRANSHUMANITY

Charles Tandy, Ph.D. 249

14. THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE

KNOW IT: OUR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO TRANSHUMANITY

Charles Tandy, Ph.D. 267