Aleks Krotoski

The Death of Death Pt 5: Holy Health It’s early October 2022, and the sun is scorching in downtown San Diego. In the ground- floor conference room of the Town and Country Resort, a charismatic man is vigorously pacing back and forth acro...

In which our heroine learns about what this pursuit of immortality is really all about..

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Death of Death Pt 4: Divine Data I'm loathe to talk about Bryan Johnson in this newsletter, as it feels like his shark has jumped (there's also the ongoing lawsuit by a former employee/his ex-fiancé, and his association with convicte...

In which I deconstruct biohacking as modern moral compass.

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BBC Radio 4 - The Artificial Human, AI's Bubble Trouble?, 1. Is the AI bubble about to burst? Aleks and Kevin explore the biggest story in the AI business. Is it all about to crash?

Are we really in a AI bubble?! Will it burst? Are you on team IF or team WHEN? Today starts the first part of BBC Radio 4’s Artificial Human‘s deep dive. Listen live or on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

UK people! TOMORROW, 27 January, you can buy the Kindle version of THE IMMORTALISTS for 99p! It's a ONE DAY UK Kindle Daily Deal special! GO HERE: amazon.co.uk/Immortalists...

And you listen to me read the book for 99p too 💫

The Death of Death Pt 2: Dogma Somehow, I didn't think I was gong to be writing about religion when I started down this path towards immortality. I thought I'd be investigating finances, exposing hubris, and uncovering wacko "solut...

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Fun times, innit? #theimmortalists

I know there are many my age who have already reached this milestone, but wow the day a good friend’s son gets into your alma mater and you know it’s a perfect fit. #obiesFTW #generationoberlin #mightyyeopeople

The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life Pt 1: The technofundamentalists Welcome to Messy Humans, a newsletter that documents the utopias we build and the everyday people who accidentally wreck them by being too complicated to fit into any master plan. It’s a newsletter in...

(Meanwhile, new newsletter! First proper post is up: messy-humans.ghost.io/the-death-of... )

i have 10s of 000s of followers on X, organically grown from 2007. Having no Social Media Strategy was possible then. Just discovered TinyLetter closed 2 yrs ago, no interest in TikTok. I'm trying to ethically re-build, but somehow I've neglected the internet while simultaneously reporting on it.

Methinks Elon’s tweaked Grok’s algorithm a little too far.

Go on, search “Elon grok” in the search bar.

The greatest books of 2025 Our critics review hundreds of books a year. Here are their favourites from 2025, from fiction and crime to memoir and history

The Immortalists has been called “One Of The Greatest Books of 2025” by @telegraph.co.uk! I am so darn chuffed. Get a copy for the Immortalists in your life, or anyone curious about what Silicon Valley’s billionaires plan to do with all their extra years www.telegraph.co.uk/books/author...

AI World Clocks The current time as rendered by 9 different AI models. By Brian Moore.

Lovely compare and contrast. Choose your own AI! clocks.brianmoore.com #artificialhuman

I would like to be surprised, but the only thing that shocks me is that what I wrote in #theimmortalists has already come true (out now in the UK & US in March)

Orange books on a table in a bookshop

Books books books! I’ve been out and about in Central London lately, signing copies of The Immortalists. Get you SIGNED COPY now at Foyles, Waterstones Gower Street/Piccadilly/TCR, Hatchard’s Piccadilly, and Primrose Hill Books! Also available in all formats wherever you get your reads.

The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski review – the downsides of cheating death Life extensionists like Bryan Johnson want to live forever. But at what cost?

I've reviewed The Immortalists by @alekskrotoski.bsky.social, for the Guardian.

My boyfriend notes: "Speaking of immortality, the Guardian needs to update your byline photo". OUCH.
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Screen capture of the New Scientist review of The Immortalists by Aleks Krotoski

Omg the reviews are coming in. “brilliantly dispassionate reporting” is the highest honour I could get as a journalist. The Daily Mail calls The Immortalists “riveting”. The Financial Times calls it “an entertaining and insightful account”. HBD to me no that’s dust in my eye

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Today on The Bunker, @misszing.bsky.social sits down with @alekskrotoski.bsky.social, author of The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life, to unravel the strange, ego driven world of techno - immortality. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/bunker_pod

#podcast #tech

Times Radio on X: "“They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50" / X “They believe that they are today’s alchemists and that AI is their philosopher’s stone.” The “midlife crises” of an extremely influence group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs is transforming global politics, says author and social psychologist Dr @AleksK. @HugoRifkind https://t.co/k68BTSAF50

Crossposting this, from @thetimes.com and @hugorifkind.bsky.social, who asked excellent questions about The Immortalists today. Positively a pleasure! Thank you!

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Weekend Update: Biohacker Chuck Spyro - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

m.youtube.com/watch?v=a-eK... The Immortalists: The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life. Fighting Chuck Spyro on every page. Out Thursday. Preorder now! www.penguin.co.uk/books/465089... #chuckspyro

Girls, games, chaos. It's Channel 4's Bits! 🎮

@alekskrotoski.bsky.social speaks with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social about her time as a host of the absolutely feral '90s Channel 4 gaming show, Bits!

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome

#gaming #videogames #Channel4 #bits

Snapchat and Duolingo among major apps down in Amazon Web Services outage - live updates Many of the world's biggest apps including Snapchat, Duolingo and Roblox have gone down, in what appears to be an issue affecting Amazon Web Services.

be nice to tech support this morning, folks. AWS is down, so most of the internet is broken #apocalypse #wheresthepopcorn
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🚨ICYMI🚨

A deep dive into the era defining PlayStation and the legendary Tomb Raider with @alekskrotoski.bsky.social and @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome

#tombraider #laracroft #ps1 #playstation

OK, THIS WAS SO EXCITING. Miranda picked me up after I faceplanted on a cobblestone and broke my rib. And then she asked me questions about computer gaming and I was giddy.

Who Wants to Live Forever? | Cheltenham Festivals In The Immortalists, Aleks Krotoski journeys from the fringes of experimentation to Silicon Valley to investigate the growing quest to ‘cure’ ageing. Hanna

Oh hai UK! I’m here and ready for book launch week - starting on SATURDAY at #cheltlitfest, onstage with @hannamade and @juliawheeler01: Who wants to live forever? Get tix here! www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-w...

Why am I sad when my AI goes away? HBR says companionship is the No1 usecase for AI. For reals. Listen up to @Kevin_Fong and I dig into this perennial topic, on @BBCRadio4's latest ep of #ArtificialHuman on @BBCSounds www.bbc.com/audio/play/m...

Thank you, @jdcrawf.bsky.social ! Listen again to this episode, the Start The Week ep James mentions, and all the other excellent radio Picks of the Week on @bbcsounds.bsky.social

Zoiks! Relaunched website klaxon! See anything wonky that shouldn't be there? Pls let me know. I think there might be some issues on mobile version... THANK YOU! www.alekskrotoski.com

BBC Radio 4 - The Artificial Human, Why is AI erasing people? Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong ask if AI is erasing certain people from who we see online.

A really important episode on today's Artificial Human: Why is AI erasing people? Answer: it ain't just accidental bias. Find out what's happening and what we can do about it, with me and @drkevinfong.bsky.social by listening again on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Steven Pinker on common knowledge Steven Pinker, Aleks Krotoski and David Edmonds, with Adam Rutherford.

Thank you to @adamrutherford.bsky.social and the team at Start The Week for a great start to my week! Listen again to me, Steven Pinker and David Edmonds philosophising about common knowledge, immortality, and the effectiveness of our altruism on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever When Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were caught on mic talking about living for ever, it seemed straight out of a sci-fi fantasy. But for some death is no longer considered an inevitability …

First glimpse of The Immortalists book in this weekend’s @theguardian.com Saturday magazine: To them, ageing is a technical problem that can, and will, be fixed’: how the rich and powerful plan to live for ever www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...