US EditionThe Russian Ascetic Who Reached for Immortality
Leaders Putin and Xi discuss life extension technologies amid a $55 billion antiaging industry; Reuters withdrew related video citing legal restrictions after Chinese government pressure.
- Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussed organ transplantation and immortality during a September 3 event in China, as reported by Reuters.
- Reuters removed the video of this exchange after receiving a takedown letter from China Central Television.
- Reuters stated it withdrew the videos due to a lack of legal permission, maintaining its commitment to accurate journalism, as reported by spokesperson Heather Carpenter.
- Seth Stern from the Freedom of the Press Foundation criticized Reuters' removal as a blow to press freedom.
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This technology, when it arrives, will not be available to everyone. Inevitably it will be prohibitive for everyone except for the richest. We’re looking at it right now with drugs like the Ozempic“Living up to 150 years”: an open microphone captures Putin and Xi Jinping chatting about immortality and organ transplants I was in bed doing scrolling on my mobile when I read the following headline: An open micro hunts Xi and Putin discussing organ …
Putin and Xi Jinping and their chat about immortality give new food to horror visions. But it also reminds us of a forgotten, very human-friendly philosophy – Russian cosmism.
The Russian Ascetic Who Reached for Immortality
Last week, during a massive military parade in Beijing, a hot microphone caught Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping communing over a subject dear to both their hearts: eternal life. As the two 72-year-olds traipsed up a wide red carpet with their younger acolyte, Kim Jung Un, 41, in tow, Xi was heard through an interpreter saying, “In the past, we used to say that very rarely people lived to 70, but these days at 70…
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My novel explores the consequences of extreme longevity. Meanwhile, Putin and Xi are pondering immortality in real life I was in bed scrolling on my phone when I read the headline: Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality. It took me a long time to get to sleep…
"In the past, people rarely lived to be 70, but today, at 70, a person is still a child," said Xi. Putin immediately replied through an interpreter and did not keep it short: "With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be transplanted all the time, and people can become younger and younger and even achieve immortality." The Chinese president was more cautious with this. "Predictions say that in this century there is a chance to live…
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