I’m in a similar situation (chemistry pre-med student). Personally, I’m interested in nanotech because that field is new, and requires researchers who are inventing the way forward. That appeals to me; I think it sounds fun, plus it’s an important field for immortality. I don’t have a lot of connections to that field though, although it’s definitely something I’m looking into for graduate work.
Additionally, diseases like Alzheimer’s are serious obstacles to immortality, and are really and truly horrible. Two of my grandparents are information-theoretically dead, even though they still have functioning hearts and lungs. They don’t recognize me when I visit; they just think I’m another worker at the home they live at. That problem really needs to be resolved, or we will be stuck at lifespans of only a century maybe plus a bit more.
I’m in a similar situation (chemistry pre-med student). Personally, I’m interested in nanotech because that field is new, and requires researchers who are inventing the way forward. That appeals to me; I think it sounds fun, plus it’s an important field for immortality. I don’t have a lot of connections to that field though, although it’s definitely something I’m looking into for graduate work.
Additionally, diseases like Alzheimer’s are serious obstacles to immortality, and are really and truly horrible. Two of my grandparents are information-theoretically dead, even though they still have functioning hearts and lungs. They don’t recognize me when I visit; they just think I’m another worker at the home they live at. That problem really needs to be resolved, or we will be stuck at lifespans of only a century maybe plus a bit more.