{"id":1176,"date":"2015-12-11T16:22:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T22:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/philosophy\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2020-01-02T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T22:18:57","slug":"luca-ferrero-interviewed-on-uwm-today-about-the-immortality-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/philosophy\/luca-ferrero-interviewed-on-uwm-today-about-the-immortality-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrero interviewed on <em>UWM Today<\/em> about the Immortality Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine living in this world without death as your final outcome. 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