The richest people in the world are said to want to beat death. Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, invested in Altos Labs which is a startup dedicated to slowing aging or even living forever.
In addition there is Larry Page, co-founder of Google. In 2013, Google founded Calico, a biology company with the stated goal of 'solving the problem of death'.
The company, according to its website, seeks to answer the most challenging biological questions about how humans age and can we develop interventions to enable humans to live longer and healthier lives.
The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is quite satisfied with the ambition to make his mind and brain immortal through his efforts at the Neuralink company he founded. There are still other examples.
What actually makes rich people think about living longer or even being immortal? Rami Kaminski, MD, founder and director of The Institute of Integrative Psychiatry (TiiPS) explained the possibilities to the New York Post.
"Death is a great balancer... the only thing that can bring them down is death and you can't do anything about it. They are really afraid of death and immortality is the ultimate defense," he said.
"They want to beat the only thing they can't. They have the means and the power. When you have an unlimited amount of money, you start to push the boundaries. For super billionaires, it's not surprising that they chose the ultimate limit," continued Kaminski.
Keith Campbell, Psychology and Social Personality Professor from the University of Georgia also gave his opinion. According to him, it is referred to as the process of 'building Frankenstein'
"This desire comes from a radical misunderstanding of the human condition, where materialism and behaviorism are conflated with AI. That's coupled with ego and fear and lots of money going into research," Campbell said.
Because these people have done the seemingly impossible in their working lives, and are treated like demigods on social media, their egos have turned into 'Dr Frankenstein', where they think they can now control the one thing no one has ever done. man. In this case, being able to control death.
"People with big egos think they are more important than their organization," says Campbell.
"They think that, if they leave, the world will be destroyed because they are smarter than others and they were put here for a reason. Because they were so successful in realizing their wish, they think, 'Why can't I beat (death)? I can beat anything," he continued.
The feeling of being able to rule the universe and manipulate all in nature leads to a very real 'God Complex'. If you think, how, you? Why would someone want to live forever? Write in the comments column.