Ageing and Rejuvenation (with Aubrey de Grey)
01/20/13 • 57 min
Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey of the SENS Foundation joins Will by phone to discuss reversing the effects of ageing, the accurate or counterproductive ways life extension and immortality are presented in fiction, and public perception and acceptance of new medical technology.
Repairing the body vs. uploading human consciousness; Buying Time (aka The Long Habit of Living) by Joe Haldeman; whither implants; prosthetics and improving on baseline humans; the state of the art of rejuvenation research.
By around 2050, I'm fairly sure that the human-driven automobile will be a specialised race-track toy for gear-heads, much as horse-drawn carriages in the developed world are a quaint hobby or a deliberate affectation.
Tracklist- Death Cab for Cutie – What Sarah Said
- Barcelona – Obsoletion
- 65daysofstatic – When We Were Younger & Better
- Ume – Pendulum
Send feedback and comments to [email protected].
Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey of the SENS Foundation joins Will by phone to discuss reversing the effects of ageing, the accurate or counterproductive ways life extension and immortality are presented in fiction, and public perception and acceptance of new medical technology.
Repairing the body vs. uploading human consciousness; Buying Time (aka The Long Habit of Living) by Joe Haldeman; whither implants; prosthetics and improving on baseline humans; the state of the art of rejuvenation research.
By around 2050, I'm fairly sure that the human-driven automobile will be a specialised race-track toy for gear-heads, much as horse-drawn carriages in the developed world are a quaint hobby or a deliberate affectation.
Tracklist- Death Cab for Cutie – What Sarah Said
- Barcelona – Obsoletion
- 65daysofstatic – When We Were Younger & Better
- Ume – Pendulum
Send feedback and comments to [email protected].
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