Sarah Harper: Extreme Longevity
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One of the speakers is a Professor of Gerontology at Oxford University called Sarah Harper, who asks:
What happens when you’re in your 80′s before you inherit from your grandparents?
Urban Times’ Ryan Kapsar, interviewed Sarah about the impact of an ageing population at a global, societal and individual level. Sarah Harper: Longevity
Extreme Longevity
Besse Cooper is the oldest known living person in the world after Eunice Sandborn of Texas passed away. Ms. Cooper is 114 years old. Source: http://extremelongevity.net
We’re living for longer and longer. 10 million of the UK’s population today will make it to 100 (approx. 20%). Conquering cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes, will add 10 years to our life expectancy. What is more, developments in nano-technology and regenerative medicine could push lifespans up to 200. Will these extra decades be ones of health or decrepitude?
The science could take us either way. The social implications of extreme longevity are also profound. The seven ages of man will become a thing of the past, while age could become the new measure of inequality, with people in the developed world long outliving their third world counterparts.
For more information on this topic check out:
The Extreme longevity site: “Latest human longevity research and news interpreted for practical use”
Singularity Hub: Longevity Section
Aubrey de Grey talking at TED: Avoiding Ageing
Wow. The idea of actually living to 15--200 or even more is difficult to wrap the mind around. In what perspective does it place my current approach to living. When should I have kids? If I'm a healthy 150 year old with the physical fitness of today's average 60 year old (or better) how will my mind have adjusted to that? Will reversing the ageing process increase my brain's ability to create new neuron connections. If I combine this outlook with a Ray Kurzweil-style belief that the singularity is near, will my150 year old elf also have an in-built micro-chip feeding me information. Will i be part-cyborg? How will 24 year old sipper snapper and I relate to one another. So many questions. On things for certain. I won't EVER be tempted to grow an Aubrey de Grey-style beard..
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