Ending Aging by Aubrey de Grey has been published today. Phil got his hands on an advanced copy and has promised a review. With luck, the copy I ordered will arrive in the next day or so. This is the book that those of us who have followed life extension closely have been eagerly awaiting. […]
Aubrey de Grey’s new book, Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime. Looks to a be thorough explanation of SENS and the work of the Methuselah Foundation. I can’t wait to get started; will provide a full report when finished.
In his speech at the World Transhumanist conference, Ray Kurzweil claimed that life expectancy is currently increasing by 3 months per year. If that rate of improvement stayed constant, my two-year-old son would have a life expectancy nine years longer than my current expectancy when he reaches my current age of 38. That sort of […]
On May 29, 2007 Aubrey de Grey spoke to Google about defeating aging. If you haven’t heard him speak before, you really need to: An odd thing happens at the beginning of this video. The Google M.C. got up and reminded the audience that this talk was going to be recorded for public consumption so […]
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Well, the MPrize has achieved another milestone in their efforts to help you live longer. The Methuselah Mouse Prize now sits at four million dollars. That’s a four followed by six zeroes, folks. If you haven’t visited the MPrize site in a while, stop by. There’s a lot of great information there. Take a moment […]
The blogger Reason at Fight Aging is giving reasons why he thinks that life extension is gaining acceptance from an important group – the scientists that will deliver it. Exhibit A: Interview of Mark Hamalainen, PhD student working in the mitochondrion lab at Cambridge University: Mark Hamalainen: …it is good to be alive today, so […]
When I started Phil’s last post I was thinking: “Wow, a movie that moderates Phil’s Death Sucks position toward Leon Kass! This I gotta see.” But by the end of the post I was left with the impression that Phil’s position is much the same. Phil’s Stranger than Fiction spoiler ahead: The Will Ferrell character […]
Fight Aging! links and passes on some important questions to ponder about life extension. Here are the questions plus my quick answers: What is the story of your life extension commitment? I’ve been blogging on the subject for three years. I actively support organizations that are working on life extension (MPrize) as well as those […]
This is just fantastic news: Peter A. Thiel, co-founder and former CEO of online payments system PayPal, and Founder and Managing Member of Clarium Capital Management, a San Francisco-based hedge fund, today announced his pledge of $3.5 Million to support scientific research into the alleviation and eventual reversal of the debilities caused by aging, to […]