Редактирование: Altered Carbon (раздел)

=== Life extension ===
The denizens of the Altered Carbon universe are ''really'' into [[life extension]], to the point that many of the powerful long-lived 'meths' can be argued to be [[immortalism|immortalists]]. Hand-waving the many problems of [[digital resurrection]] from a personal point of view, the external continuity of power, wealth and position is maintained by many immortal Meths. However the very conclusion of the season leading to presumed stepping down of Laurens Bancroft suggests that a significant personal or political scandal can disrupt even the most powerful Meth.

[[Human cloning|Cloned bodies]], synthetic bodies, [[virtual reality]] existence and even [[sex robot]]s ensures there are range of modes of existence available, at a price.

The materialistic and indulgent tastes of the super rich Meths are portrayed as a predictable consequence of extreme longevity even from 250 years prior to the events of the main series. Tiger feasts, mind-snake imprisonment, VR torture factories, byzantine cross-sleeving bedroom antics,  husband and wife duels to the death, sexual violence and (usually legal) murder are depicted as commonplace and accepted by nearly all members of society except the [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AudienceSurrogate audience surrogate] Takeshi Kovács.