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Themes Might You Live a Great Deal Longer?
If this collection of provocative speakers proves even partially right, we may all live to a (very) ripe old age.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil foresees body and brain enhancements leading to an extended human tenure on Earth -- and beyond. Surgeon and chemical engineer Alan Russell, meanwhile, asks: "If newts can regenerate a lost limb, why can't we?" And Aubrey de Grey, icon of the life extension movement, gives a challenging talk that may convince you that aging will soon become optional.
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Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life
06:03 Posted: May 2013
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Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20
14:49 Posted: May 2013
Views: 1,157,285 | Comments: 356
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Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
19:30 Posted: Jul 2012
Views: 1,810,556 | Comments: 400
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Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
06:26 Posted: Jul 2012
Views: 421,404 | Comments: 134
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Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier
11:38 Posted: Apr 2012
Views: 412,520 | Comments: 115
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Peter Saul: Let’s talk about dying
13:19 Posted: Mar 2012
Views: 390,587 | Comments: 167
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Jane Fonda: Life's third act
11:20 Posted: Jan 2012
Views: 2,275,497 | Comments: 279
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A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me
08:42 Posted: Jan 2012
Views: 859,768 | Comments: 144
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Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
16:23 Posted: Nov 2011
Views: 520,534 | Comments: 184
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Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
05:29 Posted: Aug 2011
Views: 813,062 | Comments: 168
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