immortality

Regenerative Medicine And Gambling: Is Longer Life Of Greater Value?

by Kieran Griffith
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A funny thing happened to me when I first heard of the SENS Foundation and their program to develop strategies that will make it possible to live indefinitely. The day before, if you had asked me to take a free ride on NASA’s Space Shuttle I would have accepted with elation. But when I fully realized that I might live a thousand years (provided that I don’t die in an accident) I realized I would only want to go on a Russian Soyuz Spacecraft, which is far safer and has not had a fatal accident in 39 years. The Shuttle is reusable but its R & D budget was cut in half by President Nixon, so the final design did not get an emergency escape system. Given that there is a strong probability that I may live longer than originally [...]

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Terry Grossman on Singularity Podcast: Live Long Enough To Live Forever

by Socrates

In today’s edition of singularity podcast I am very privileged to have Terry Grossman as my guest on the show. (You can listen to or download the audio recording above or scroll down to watch interview video in full.) Terry generously agreed to do this interview from his office in Colorado and for about an hour we cover a number of very useful and interesting topics such as: the story and motivation behind his work; the most important medical tests that we all need to do in order to find out where we are and thereby figure out what we need to do to improve longevity; Terry’s top tips for healthy life-style and achieving maximum life-span;  his positions on religion, the singularity and artificial intelligence. I have to admit that I not only enjoyed immensely my interview with Terry, but [...]

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Aubrey de Grey at TEDMED

by Socrates
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In this 20 min TEDMED video Aubrey de Grey explains why he believes that we can defeat aging and how this can be achieved. Enjoy! Related articles by Zemanta Aubrey de Grey: In Pursuit of Longevity (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary) (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) To Age or Not to Age documentary (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Do you want to live forever? (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com)

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The Immortalists

by Socrates

Following the Turning into Gods teaser trailer for Jason Silva’s doc concept, I am posting another short documentary by him called The Immortalists. In this short 8 min documentary, Jason shares his search for an answer to the problem of death and the failure by all religions and philosophies to provide him with an acceptable one. Thus Jason turned to interview a group of scientists and futurists, whom he broadly refers to as the immortalists, who claim that the problem of death can and eventually will be solved by advancements in technology. Enjoy! And how about you? Do you want to live forever? Related articles by Zemanta Turning into Gods (concept teaser) (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com)

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Is Genius Immortal?

by Socrates

Chris Faraone from the Boston Phoenix recently wrote a very interesting and detailed article on Ray Kurzweil and his quest to live forever titled Is Genius Immortal?. You can read the whole article by following the link above, but if like me you prefer audio rather than text, then you can go and listen to or simply grab the full podcast of the exclusive interview with Ray Kurzweil by clicking here: Is Genius Immortal? the full podcast by the Boston Phoenix. Enjoy the podcast but do let me know what is your answer to Chris’ question: Is genius immortal? Related articles by Zemanta Ray Kurzweil on Brain-Computer Interfaces (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) James Harvey’s Singularia: a “Both/And” Point of View of the Singularity (Part 1) (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com) Singularity University: Ray Kurzweil’s Opening Address (singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com)

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Turning into Gods (concept teaser)

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Turning into Gods is the next concept teaser trailer in a long line of documentaries looking at our technological journey from being mere mortal humans to allegedly becoming immortal gods. Some of the other previously posted documentaries examining the the topic of how technology may provide the means to immortality can be watched in full and include titles such as Human V2.0: Making Gods, Building Gods, Beyond Human, TechnoCalyps, Do you Want to Live Forever, Transcendent Man and the Singularity is Near. Here is the Vimeo movie description about Turning into Gods: “First we build the tools, then they build us” (Marshall McLuhan) TURNING INTO GODS is a new feature length documentary exploring mankind’s journey to ‘play jazz with the universe’… it is a story of our ultimate potential, the reach of our intelligence, the scope of our scientific and [...]

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Can you TRANSCEND biology and live long enough to live forever?

by Socrates

In 2004, Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman, MD, published Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. Their groundbreaking book marshaled thousands of scientific studies to make the case that new developments in medicine and technology will allow us to radically extend our life expectancies and slow down the aging process. In 2009, Ray and Terry published Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever where they present what they believe to be a practical and enjoyable program which readers can follow in order to live long enough (and remain healthy long enough) to take full advantage of the biotech and nanotech advances that have already begun and will be occurring at an accelerating pace during the years ahead. The program aims to help us TRANSCEND biology and live long enough to live forever. In 2010, Ray and Terry give us [...]

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Do you want to live forever? (the full documentary)

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Here is the full documentary film directed by Christopher Sykes about the eccentric and radical gerontologist Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his quest for immortality: So, how about you? Do you want to live forever?

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