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Videos
This post has a collection of videos on life extension. You can also see some of these videos in the Thriving YouTube Channel.
Bryan Johnson
August 25, 2023 (23:00)
Bryan Johnson explains why longevity is here, why super-intelligence is right around the corner, and why when it comes to Blueprint, he is happiest in the trenches. Bryan Johnson is the man behind Blueprint, a project that aims to measure all of his 70 organs – and then maximally reverse the quantified biological age of each. Described as the “most measured man in human history”, Johnson publicly documents his self-experimental protocols and results, allowing us to be passengers on his longevity journey. Two years and millions of dollars into that journey, Johnson has data demonstrating he has slowed his pace of aging by an equivalent 31 years, and now he is working on rolling out his algorithm to enable his followers to move from passenger to driver, taking up the Blueprint for themselves. The term ‘biohacking’ could have been invented for Bryan Johnson. The multimillionaire tech entrepreneur makes no secret of the fact that he is spending $2 million a year, not only trying to keep the ravages of aging at bay, but to actively reverse his biological age. It’s no surprise then that Johnson is a featured speaker at this year’s RAADfest, the conference that puts super-longevity at the top of its agenda. Visit Longevity.Technology – https://bit.ly/3PwtH8Y
Companies
This is Why the ChatGPT Founder is Investing $180M in Life Extension
Aging is something that we all have to go through. Or at least we thought it was before tech CEOs started investing billions of dollars in anti-aging and longevity research start-ups. Sam Altman of ChatGPT fame turned out to be the mysterious $180 million investor that kickstarted Retro Sciences’ research on the topic.
A biotech company based in Silicon Valley, Retro Biosciences has taken on the mission of adding 10 more years to human life and they are planning to do so by using their collective knowledge of cellular reprogramming, autophagy, and plasma-inspired therapeutics. But they have an ace up their sleeve. They are going to use machine-learning-based computational biology and lab automation to help with the project. This must’ve sparked the interest of the OpenAI CEO if he went on to invest a good chunk of his liquid net worth in the project. This is not the first case of a tech billionaire investing in longevity and anti-aging.
Jeff Bezos himself has also invested in a similar company called Alton Labs, a research company focused on cellular rejuvenation programming. Is life extension an industry that will be lucrative soon or are Silicon Valley eccentrics just fighting an uphill battle to beat mortality and human nature? We might find out sooner than we thought.
Gene-editing
Unnatural Selection: Season 1 | Main Trailer | Netflix
October 4, 2019 (02:00)
By: Netflix
The documentary series UNNATURAL SELECTION explores new developments in the science of gene-editing that defy evolution and raise moral, social and environmental impact questions about where we, as a society, draw the line. Watch Unnatural Selection,
Only On Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80208910
Healthspanners
1:49 / 19:44 7 Life Extension Technologies That Could Help You Live To 150
October 16, 2017 (19:44)
By: Joe Scott
Billions of dollars are going into age research, and many experts believe that we’re on the cusp of beating aging. Here are 7 technologies and strategies to look out for.
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Limitless with Chris Hemsworth
October 6, 2022 (02:20)
By: National Geographic
What if you could combat aging and discover the full potential of the human body? Global movie star Chris Hemsworth explores this revolutionary idea in the new National Geographic original series, “Limitless with Chris Hemsworth,” created by Darren Aronofsky and hailing from his production company Protozoa Pictures and Jane Root’s Nutopia. Entertaining, immersive and life-changing, “Limitless” rewrites the rulebook on living better for longer. Coming to Disney+ November 16. Rating: TV-14
Meet BJ Miller, the Doctor Who Helped Chris Hemsworth Embrace Death
