MIT engineer and longevity expert Jose Cordeiro explains why we are between the last mortal generation and the first immortal generation, how AI is accelerating the cure for aging, and why he believes humans will achieve biological immortality by 2030.

Jose Luis Cordeiro, PhD, is an MIT-trained engineer, transhumanist, and world-renowned advocate for life extension. He is the co-author of the international bestseller The Death of Death and the lead organizer of the International Longevity Summit in Madrid. He has spent decades working alongside pioneers like Ray Kurzweil and Aubrey de Grey to reframe aging not as an inevitable fact of life, but as a curable medical condition.

In this episode, you get a front-row seat to the most optimistic and radical predictions about the future of humanity—from the rapidly dropping costs of gene therapy and the $101 million XPRIZE for rejuvenation, to the realities of cryopreservation and why our biological brains will soon be radically upgraded by artificial intelligence.

He explains, among other things: 
◼️ Why he believes we will reach "Longevity Escape Velocity" by 2030—and why the cure for aging will eventually be essentially free 
◼️ The "Dirty Water Bag" theory: why manufacturing human rejuvenation therapies will ultimately cost less than a cup of coffee 
◼️ How AI and breakthroughs like AlphaFold are speeding up the discovery of cellular reprogramming and the "Yamanaka genes" 
◼️ Why Europe's heavy regulations are pushing longevity research to places like Japan and the "free city" of Prospera in Honduras 
◼️ Why he predicts we will have AI "robot politicians" running governments by 2035, leading to more rational decisions and a world without war ◼️ Cryonics as "Plan B": The actual science behind cryopreservation, the use of cryoprotectants, and his timeline for reanimating frozen brains ◼️ His personal encounters with sci-fi legends like Sir Arthur C. Clarke, and why religion and mythology will fundamentally change when we colonize Mars 
◼️ The three pillars of transhumanism: super longevity, super intelligence, and super happiness

Explore Jose Cordeiro’s work
◼️ Books: The Death of Death: The Scientific Possibility of Physical Immortality and its Moral Defense
◼️ More of Jose's talks, interviews, and work on transhumanism: https://cordeiro.org/
◼️ The International Longevity Summit (Madrid): https://longevitysummit.madrid/

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