It's so sad isn't it, the thought? Personally I've got a peculiar view on mortality. This isn't anything new to people who like #futurology or #philosophy, but it's mind-boggling to most people. What makes us, us? The answer to the age old question of self-identity is not so much our makeup, not so much our body, but our memories. Every decision we make, our entire personality and lifestyle, is based on our memories and experiences. As such, if there was, say, a teleportation machine that worked by destroying your body and reconstructing your atomic makeup completely 1:1, that person would still be you. "You'd" be "dead", but at the same time "You're" not "dead". In actuality you're not dead at all. Now onto the actual point I have to make, there's not going to be an actual immortality pill in the future. There's going to be the ability to backup you're entire life and experiences. Making an 'image' in computer terms that you can flash onto a blank body. That'd be you, and you'd be 'immortal'. Haha, but this isn't #futurology, so there's that.

80 day later edit: I've spend many an hour reading about self-identity philosophy.. I read until my head hurts.