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
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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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