Examining patients at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona
Jesse Rieser/New York
The Future Loves You
Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston (Penguin, November 28)
Much of medicine today is focused on extending life beyond a few months. Cancer and Alzheimer’s drugs that are touted for their effectiveness often do little more than buy people some time. What if we were to move the terminally ill to save future medicines, asks Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston.
It is an interesting question, and one that the neuroscientist Zeleznikow-Johnston raises in his book. The future loves…
