Life and art

Sometimes, cliches are true. Life does imitate art.

Google is launching a healthcare company, Calico, to investigate ageing and longevity. Larry Page said the project is about, “Longer term, moonshot thinking around healthcare and biotechnology.”

The search (algorithmically) for eternal youth is exactly what Robin Sloan’s fun novel [amazon_link id=”1782392335″ target=”_blank” ]Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore[/amazon_link] identified as the new Google obsession.

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