Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist based in Cambridge, UK and Mountain View, California, USA, and is the Chief Science Officer of SENS Research Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to combating the aging process. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, the world's highest-impact peer-reviewed journal focused on intervention in aging.

EPISODE LINKS: SENS Research Foundation Website: https://www.sens.org/​ Aubrey de Grey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/aubreydegrey​
Ian Bott's Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanBott​

OUTLINE:
0:00​ - Introduction
1:43​ - How to define "aging"
3:25​ - The importance of ending aging
4:05​ - Why a "pro-aging trance" exists
5:59​ - Why repair is better than prevention
8:49​ - The central causes of aging
10:44​ - The impact of CRISPR
13:11​ - Rapid vs. Incremental Progress
14:36​ - "Eureka" Moments
15:56​ - Motivation to work on rejuvenation
17:51​ - Background as an AI researcher
18:38​ - When to "break the rules"
20:41​ - Problems with how research is funded
24:43​ - The "triangular logjam"
28:08​ - How to support human longevity research
29:07​ - How human values might change

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