Except we&#x27;re not machines. &quot;You&#x27;re the same decaying organic matter as everything else,&quot; as Tyler Durden would say.<p>Some might say the next logical step isn&#x27;t to wish to live forever, but to die, and hope your genes and ideas live on. We&#x27;re not the eternal ones in this universe, no matter how big our capacity to wish for that.