The Israel connection is due to Laurent’s interest in biotechnology and the UK is for historical reasons. “The UK is the foundation of modern civilisation. Lots of the world’s best universities are located there so the UK had to be on the list,” Simons said, declining to reveal which university his son would go to. Laurent said his lifetime goal was “immortality”, or specifically the creation of technology that will allow humans to live forever.
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Laurent Simons riding the Volo da Vinci ride with his parents Alexander and Lydia Simons at Europa park in Germany. “That means replacing as many parts of the body as possible with artificial organs,” he told
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