We want to avoid death, and the dream of doing that in this body in this world forever is the first and simplest kind of immortality story, and it might at first sound implausible, but actually, almost every culture in human history has had some myth or legend of an elixir of life or a fountain of youth or something that promises to keep us going forever.
我们想要逃避死亡， 并且梦想着这身躯 能永久留存在世上 是第一个最简单的永生故事， 一开始听起来有些难以置信， 但事实上，在人类历史上的每一种文化 都流传着一些神话或传说 关于长生药或者不老泉 或者能让我们一直 活下去的东西。