Today I watched an interesting movie called The Transcendent Man about Ray Kurzweil. Kurzweil had many interesting ideas, some of which I didn't agree with. Kurzweil's ideas encompass living forever and bringing the dead back to life. He thinks it will happen in the next 20-40 years.

What.

Okay, so first of all, lets talk about the whole 'bringing the dead back to life' thing. I've had deaths in my family, but never had I wanted to bring them back to life. Did you ever read Pet Semetary by Stephan King? Not to ruin it or anything, but he brings people back to life, but they are NOT the same as they were before. That's basically what's going to happen if he attempts. You can program people's basic ideas about life into a machine, make it look like the dead person, but it will not be that person!

Bringing people back to life and being immortal both make me say this: NO. Death is really important. We are over populated as it is. Yes, the thought of death is scary. The thought of our friends and family dying is scary too. But it's necessary. It helps keep the population under control, and lets a new generation emerge. If we are immortal, the population will go out of control because people will still be having babies!

His ideas are interesting, but impractical. He is a frightened man who never dealt with his father's death in a healthy way. Death is the next adventure. It needs to be embraced. Yes, I too am nervous about death! But I accept that it will happen.

To die will be a lovely adventure.