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  • Living on Beyond the Body: The Digital Soul of Black Mirror

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    Author(s)
    Carden, Clarissa
    Gibson, Margaret
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    Carden, Clarissa J.
    Gibson, Margaret
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    The desire for immortality is part of the human condition. Tales of immortal beings, and of means through which humans too can cheat death, are part of mythologies worldwide. Great minds have spent lifetimes seeking a cure for death. It is easy, today, to dismiss alchemy and the search for the philosopher’s stone as childish nonsense, but it was a quest which occupied kings and scientists alike. Today, our hopes have turned to digital technologies, and the promise of a lengthened—or unending—lifespan.The desire for immortality is part of the human condition. Tales of immortal beings, and of means through which humans too can cheat death, are part of mythologies worldwide. Great minds have spent lifetimes seeking a cure for death. It is easy, today, to dismiss alchemy and the search for the philosopher’s stone as childish nonsense, but it was a quest which occupied kings and scientists alike. Today, our hopes have turned to digital technologies, and the promise of a lengthened—or unending—lifespan.
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    Book Title
    The Moral Uncanny in Black Mirror
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47495-9_8
    Copyright Statement
    © 2021 Springer. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. It is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the publisher’s website for further information.
    Subject
    Cultural studies
    Human society
    Social theory
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/401694
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