Richard Jones on Transhumanism

Will our brains ever be uploaded into a computer? Will we live forever? Richard Jones talks with host Russ Roberts about transhumanism--the effort to radically transform human existence via technology. He argues that the uploading of brains and the ability to rearrange matter via nanotechnology--the grandest visions of the potential of technology--are much more limited and unlikely than proponents of these technologies suggest. The conversation closes with the role of government in innovation and developing technology.