Funny you say that: E is working on something that is both.

Hey, I said human civilization, not humane or human-originating civilization.

I believe he means that he intends his consciousness, in some form, to dramatically outlast corporeal human existence as we know it. This simply requires some mechanism to upload one's consciousness, and then all you have to do is wait.

I want this pleasant summer afternoon to last forever. Can I upload that too? Because that makes about as much sense.

Your subjective experience of it can last quite some time after the physical event is over.