Shekhar Natarajan

I'm pretty agnostic.

But what I do know is there's a lot of books that I want to read.

And certainly a single human lifespan is not enough.

I want to have many lives within my single life.

I want to live in many countries for two decades each.

You know, I want to learn Japanese and then I want to move to Europe and then I want to hang out in safaris in South Africa, but like for decades at a time.

And so from the beginning, I immediately felt soothed by their youthful longevity.

And of course, then as the story progresses, then it becomes really interesting and thought-provoking because it raises questions about, well, what happens when we're ageless and we have these radically extended lifespans?

Then we have to have a negotiation about

monogamy or the idea that we change and evolve.

Like maybe we have many lifetimes.

So then maybe we have many marriages that each last 150 years.

And so I thought that was like a very interesting and compelling thing.

I certainly, as somebody of many interests imagine that if we have radical longevity,

We're going to become definitely intellectually promiscuous.

We're going to have promiscuity in our careers and interests and whatnot.

But I also think we might become polyamorous in a new kind of way.

So I don't, you know, I don't agree with the actions taken by the male protagonist where he was like, I'd rather die than date somebody else.

I mean, for all I know, they can still stay friends with the ex and just go, you know.

So that's what I was like, what the hell?