"Humanity is on the cusp of achieving immortality?"

It's ironic isn't it. On the one hand we may be on the brink of immortality and on the other we are on the brink of extinction

No. I think what makes life precious is the fact that it is short and measurable.
Our views and memories would quickly become outdated and subject to censure or ridicule.

I prefer the idea that we are immortal as long as we live in the memory of others. Its not a new teaching the ancient Egyptians believed that only when o your name is erased from all writing and removed from people’s memories do you truly die.

Instead of selfishly uploading oursleves in some virtual way why not work to make our memories live on in others do good now to be remembered later.

6 Give us our sight again, O Asuniti, give us again our breath and our enjoyment.

Long may we look upon the Sun uprising; O Anumati, favour thou and bless us.

7 May Earth restore to us our vital spirit, may Heaven the Goddess and mid-air restore it.

Rig Veda Book 10.59

Talk about overpopulation!!!

That's almost true. 

More likely the rich can afford it. The rest of us would have to lease the life, and we would be over a barrel for the forever journey....

Heather your probably right...

Sounds like a "Black Mirror" episode.

Thanks for the tip.

I think Red Dwarf rates 1 for laughs... Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy for pure sci fi weird..

I enjoyed both Hitchhiker's (any version) and Red Dwarf. Haven't seen either for a while, so I'm not sure if my tastes would have changed. But anyway, I'd recommend trying them both. (And I'll see if I can get any Douglas Adams to read for Friday, his birthday.)

It's amazing what kind of things might be ahead for scientific advances, and the options we could have. My oldest keeps grabbing a library book called The Future of Humanity by Dr. Michio Kaku, so I can rely on him to keep me up to date!

Is it a short book? Maybe more of a pamphlet? 

Many things thought impossible years ago are now possible and actually occuring.

The more we learn through science, the more we can apply scientific principles to technology. Once it is learnt, scientists and engineers will build and develop the future world. And we are well on our way to a fantastic world.

So am I. So far the technology has only really appeared to have accelerated the burning up of the world at present.

Nothing was ever made better by being miserable about it!