dr ian pearson said that over the next few decades we will start to see the blurring of lines between human and machine technology for things like retina implants and chips are already here and by 2050 he believes that we will achieve cold electronic immortality sounds a lot like stacks so of course those will be only available to the ultra rich in the foreseeable future summer to the mets depicted in altered carbon and in order to live long enough to see that future the ultra wealthy population of today is spearheading the longevity industry now this includes spending thousands of dollars on young blood transfusions which yes it is exactly as it sounds to transfuse someone younger healthier blood into your own body which patients have reported renewed focus better memory improved appearance a muscle tone they are also spending up to $200000.00 to crowd generally freeze their brains and body at death in the hopes that they will be resuscitated in the future once technology catches up some pay extra to have their brain scanned at death loaded into a digital consciousness in the future