Live Long and Prosper — 6 Experts Share Truth About Today’s Techology to Become Godlike
End of Aging, Increased Human Longevity and Living to 1000 Years
Aubrey de Grey is a Cambridge researcher and Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation focused on aging and extending human longevity. He proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already been born.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- Why Aubrey switched from studying AI to the science of human longevity
- The causes of aging and how we can “cure” them
- Why prevention is orders of magnitude more effective than intervention
- The reason Aubrey believes some humans today will live to be 1000 years old
- Why there isn’t enough funding or support currently for fighting aging
- The reason stem cell research is progressing rapidly and proving fruitful
- How caloric restriction effects metabolism and aging
- Why SENS often spins out businesses to further their aims
- The science of immortality
- How mainstream media has reacted to prospect of increasing lifespan
Superhuman Mental and Physical Performance, Quantified Self and Extending Human Longevity
Geoffrey Woo is co-founder and CEO of HVMN, a research-driven company that provides nutrition to elite performers in sport and military. HVMN makes HVMN Ketone, the world’s first ketone ester drink based on technology developed in a DARPA program to enhance soldier performance.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- How diet impacts mental and physical performance
- The blood boy billionaires and methods of extending human life
- Why fasting and intermittent fasting are fast becoming the rage in Silicon Valley
- The ways top performers are enhancing themselves without resorting to harmful drugs
- Why we may be headed towards different species of humans
- The DARPA/US military science on superhuman performance
- How health, happiness and sleep affect human performance and success
- Why science often takes a long time to catch up to practice
- The reason the healthcare system is so screwed up
- Where we are headed with quantified-self movement
- Why Geoff is very excited about IoT and it’s self-enhancement abilities
The Science of Meditation and Superhuman Brain Performance
Ariel Garten is the Founder of InteraXon, makers of Muse: the brain sensing headband. Muse is the award-winning headband that makes meditation easier. During guided exercises, Muse senses your brain activity and sends that information to your phone or tablet, giving you real time audio feedback…
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- The science of meditation and how it affects your brain
- Why Ariel is passionate about neuroscience and its ability to evolve our species
- How IoT and technical enhancements will shape humans of the future
- The mental health problem we’re facing and how to overcome it
- Why elite performers tend to be meditators
- The ways to consciously control and hack your brain
- How technological innovation will impact our evolution
- What brain scientists are just starting to understand
- The reason capitalist incentive structures drive many of our most pressing problems
- What is really the future for wearables
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Creating Artificial Life and 3D Printing Personalized Medicines
Lee Cronin’s lab at the University of Glasgow does cutting-edge research into manufacturing and 3D printing complex molecules, like medicines on-demand — a breakthrough he presented at TEDGlobal 2012.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- How Lee believes we can create artificial life
- The relationship between biology, chemistry and our understanding of the universe
- What Lee’s team is looking at when it comes to 3D printing medicines and molecules
- The future of personalized genetic medicine
- Why Lee is skeptical of artificial general intelligence
- The real problem with fake news
- How the scientific research funding process works and the politics involved
- Why researchers need to be able to sell their ideas
- The way Lee looks at problems to tackle
- Why chemical computers may be a bigger deal than quantum
Transhumanist Technologies to Live Forever, Become Bionic and Build a Better Political System
Zoltan Istvan is an American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur and Libertarian futurist who ran for President of the United States in 2016 to raise awareness for transhumanism. In 2017, Istvan announced his intent to run for Governor of California in the 2018 election as a member of the Libertarian Party — see his website: zoltanistvan.com for more.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- Why Zoltan believes he will live forever
- How Zoltan thinks about AI and the future of intelligence
- The exciting science of life extension and which areas are most promising
- What happens to nation-states when humans start to live longer
- How and when genetic engineering and implants will start to impact society
- Why transparency may be the savior of humanity
- How Zoltan sees blockchain in the bigger picture
- Why Zoltan wants a mechanical heart ASAP
- What average individuals can do to live longer
Why VCs Suck at SciFi Tech Investing and Why AI and Synthetic Biology are the Industries of the Future
Pascal Finette is Fastrack’s Executive Director and Singularity University’s Chair for Entrepreneurship & Open Innovation. He focuses on helping change makers tackle the most intractable problems of our times. He got started on the net before there was a web browser.
In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
- How Pascal thinks about AI and the future of intelligence
- The exciting space technology that no one is talking about
- What happens to nation-states when humanity goes interplanetary
- How and when genetic engineering will start to impact society
- Why synthetic biology may in fact be the most exciting industry of our generation
- How tariffs and NAFTA could affect investment in Canadian startups
- Why traditional venture capital sucks for true moonshot businesses
- Why Pascal is doubtful of a Skynet situation
- Is China’s totalitarian regime a better system
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