➔ Immortality: Can Quantum Computing Help Us Beat Aging?
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Book: Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything Author: Dr. Michio Kaku Published: 2023, Doubleday ISBN: 978-0385548366
The Oldest Question
Kaku opens Chapter 13 with a trip through history. The Epic of Gilgamesh, the Garden of Eden, Emperor Qin Shi Huang sending his entire fleet to find the Fountain of Youth. He tells a great story from Greek mythology about Eos, who asked Zeus to make her lover immortal but forgot to ask for eternal youth too. The poor guy just got older and more miserable forever.