GoKawiilMIT Technology Review previews COP31 talks and hosts 'cognitive immortality' discussion
MIT Technology Review's newsletter flags COP31, the upcoming UN climate summit, highlighting expected debate over fossil fuels, climate finance and rising energy prices. Separately, the outlet announced a subscriber-only Roundtables event on November 17 featuring editors Mary Beth Griggs and Antonio Regalado discussing technologies aimed at extending cognitive function beyond death, such as gradual brain replacement and memory uploading.
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COP31 coverage signals that energy costs and financing commitments will likely dominate negotiations, which could affect how aggressively nations pursue emissions cuts. The immortality discussion reflects growing interest among technologists in speculative brain-preservation methods, though such ideas remain largely theoretical and are not yet proven technologies.
- COP31 negotiations are expected to focus on fossil fuels, climate finance, and high energy prices.
- MIT Technology Review will host a subscriber-only Roundtables event on November 17 about brain-preservation technologies.
- Topics discussed include gradual brain replacement and uploading memories to the cloud as paths to 'cognitive immortality.'
Source: technologyreview.com — Thomas Macaulay, 2026-11-12
Published there as: “The Download: COP31’s climate challenge and the quest for immortality”
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