The Perennial Temptation: To Be as Gods

“In the logic of the story, Amanda should have died just after her coma. Rivermind’s power rests in extending life, but in so doing they offered her a product she could never cease using. And herein lies the possibility of modern technology. Nature upholds certain barriers, scientific study enables the precise understanding of those barriers, and businesses offer the possibility of transcending those barriers for a cost.” - Acton