Aubrey de Grey - Why we age and how we can avoid it.

Comments [4] posted: Oct 31, 2007 Greg O'Byrne

There's a new article at the Washington Post that talks about Aubrey de Grey's effort to end aging.  He has made the famous statement that the first person to live to 1000 years of age is alive today.

What if the only certainty is taxes?

How many people are in favor of malaria?  anyone?

Of course nobody thinks malaria is a good thing.  Well one of Aubrey's points is that human aging shares the primary negative characteristic with malaria which is that it KILLS people.  Only aging kills VASTLY MORE people.

Smart guy.  Compelling arguments.  Reasoned thinking.

Essentially, his argument is this.

The rate of improvement in therapies will stay ahead of the rate of aging.  You will get incrementally better treatment year over year, decade over decade and simply stay ahead of the curve.

Even without a radical revolutionary technology, the evolution of improved technologies will keep you ahead of the curve.


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tags: [accelerating change | Aubrey de Grey | TED]


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