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TED Talk – Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
I really enjoyed the talk by Cynthia Kenyon on possible “weak points” in aging processes that can be “attacked” with drugs. Her idea is to identify substances that would make FOXO proteins more active. These proteins are associated with longevity … Continue reading
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TEDsters Maybe Ready for Life Extension
In this great talk Harvey Fineberg, medical ethicist, asks the audience what would they choose to enchance if there was a possibility. Out of memory, fitness, longevity and creativity the majority chose living longer. I think it’s a very good … Continue reading
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TED Talk: Rodney Brooks Says Robots will Invade Our Lives
Rodney Brooks, Director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, speaks about how robots increasingly being integrated into our lives. This is a pretty funny talk. Who knew one can push a robot into an emotional corner? While advancements … Continue reading
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Nick Bostrom on TED – Our Biggest Problems: Death, Existential Risks and Limitations of Humans
Philosopher Nick Bostrom, founder of the World Transhumanist Association (Now Humanity+) and current director of Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute, presented on humanity’s three biggest problems including death, existential risk and that “life isn’t usually as wonderful as it … Continue reading
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Aimee Mullins on TED and TEDMED – a tribute to prosthetic technology and power of will
TED is known for bringing together some of the world’s top thinkers at conferences around the world to deliver short presentations on “ideas worth spreading.” Here Aimee Mullins, a record-breaing athlete, model and activist, is sharing her experiences and difficulties … Continue reading
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First step to preserving conciousness – Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome
One of the most intriguing topics in life extension is Neuroscience. In this amazing TED talk Sebastian Seung, Professor of Computational Neuroscience at MIT, tells a story about what may actually be our self – the connectome. The term reffers … Continue reading
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The world’s oldest living things
Rachel Sussman‘s talk at TED is about very remarkable creatures – the ones that are older than 2,000 years. Among these record-breakers is Siberian Actinobacteria that is doing DNA repair below freezing. That’s pretty incredible. Rachel mentions the absence of … Continue reading
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