>>16993667 He is not. His company was sold for a loy of money. But he never specifies the percentage of shareshe owned. He could have got 100mil, or could have got 1mil for it.
>>16994757 he's written that he believes that the singularity/ASI is near and that's what motivates the "Don't die" stuff. I think he really does believe it, like Kurzweil does..
Living things don't live longer because they don't need to. But there is no hard rule against living a long time. Some things live a very long time. I think you're just being superstitious.