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'Zeleznikow-Johnston's enthusiasm is intoxicating'

- Best Science Books of 2024, The Telegraph

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'In The Future Loves You, Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston boldly argues that we'll one day be able to "abolish death"...excellent, concrete chapters...an engaging description of modern brain science.'

The Telegraph

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'This is an optimistic book ... What makes it an extraordinarily interesting book are the four chapters on the nature of death, identity, consciousness and memory. They are richly informed and full of fascinating detail'

- The Times

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'Those who do persist will find a book that changes their entire idea of mortality and what science is capable of '

- The Standard

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'charming… a manifesto for a techno-futurist uprising against the dictatorship of death'

- Literary Review

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'Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston's book The Future Loves You presents a bold new take on dying'

- New Scientist

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'In 1773, US polymath Benjamin Franklin argued that scientists should try to invent a method of embalming such that a human could be revived in the future. He admitted “a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence”. Neuroscientist Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston thinks that such brain preservation and revival could well become feasible.'

- Nature

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'Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston ... provides a captivating lesson in science and philosophy to conceptualise how the future may allow us to preserve the life of incurable patients until scientific and medical advancement can allow us to revive and cure them. His book ... provides insightful arguments to explain how modern developments in brain preservation techniques can allow us to preserve the minds of individuals who have been denied the right to a full lifespan. Reading this book, I found myself grappling with my pre-existing views not just on whether the preservation and revival of life was realistic, but also whether it was ethical. Ariel brilliantly identifies common social, economic and philosophical arguments against prolonging life and offers logical counterarguments, allowing the reader to make their own judgements about 'abolishing death' in the future.'

- The Psychologist

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'Dear future, we love you too. This book elegantly handles the why and how of ending death, with engagingly described specific details and compelling responses to standard concerns about overpopulation, social stagnation, and unnaturalness. This thorough dive into the "why" truly primes us for the "how", which also delivers the goods'

- Professor George Church, Harvard Medical School

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'With this highly readable and informative book, Zeleznikow-Johnston provides a valuable addition to the general-audience literature on medical research to extend life. Leveraging his neuroscience background, he eloquently describes and promotes the novel and rapidly-advancing concept of vitrifixation, while also expertly placing it in its societal and philosophical context'

- Aubrey de Grey, longevity pioneer

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'In an era of unrivaled change we must heed dangers and warnings, but not be gloomists. Millions have striven – and still strive – for a better life, for all. So … why not more life, as well? Every yin comes with yang, but this appeal for love-driven life extension adds plenty of fact and passion to the fiction'

- David Brin, author

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'Everything that makes you mentally unique is encoded in the structural and molecular details of your brain’s connectome. To map animal connectomes, neuroscientists have developed incredibly effective preservation methods. The emerging science of brain preservation seeks to adapt these methods to preserve human brains for centuries-long storage. This brilliantly written book provides the first comprehensive overview of what brain preservation is, how it could be used to stop people from dying, and how it could be made to work verifiably and at scale. As a neuroscientist who has been working in this field for decades, I am delighted that Zeleznikow-Johnston has produced a work that is scientifically rigorous while being simultaneously extremely accessible for all readers, whatever their background'

- Dr Ken Hayworth, Senior Scientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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