By Travis Johnson
Apart from being born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel, there are few surefire ways to infinitely extend the human lifespan, but it’s a subject at the heart of Netflix’s new – and very good – SF series, Altered Carbon.
Now, here comes the latest salvo in the Altered Carbon marketing barrage – a four minute featurette on the science of immortality, narrated by none other than popular scientist du jour, Neil deGrasse Tyson. Richard Morgan, author of the source novel, also crops up. So does Steve Aoki, for reasons that remain unclear.
The whole thing is done in that upbeat, optimistic, “cool science doco” style, which stands in marked contrast to the series’ rather more cynical take on transhumanism – take a look.
You’ll be bingeing Altered Carbon this weekend.
