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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
Views: 420,549 | Comments: 196
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Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20
14:49 Posted: May 2013
Views: 1,985,982 | Comments: 535
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Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
19:30 Posted: Jul 2012
Views: 1,863,978 | Comments: 408
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Alanna Shaikh: How I'm preparing to get Alzheimer's
06:26 Posted: Jul 2012
Views: 433,162 | Comments: 135
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Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier
11:38 Posted: Apr 2012
Views: 420,569 | Comments: 116
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Peter Saul: Let’s talk about dying
13:19 Posted: Mar 2012
Views: 405,383 | Comments: 175
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Jane Fonda: Life's third act
11:20 Posted: Jan 2012
Views: 2,303,086 | Comments: 280
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A.J. Jacobs: How healthy living nearly killed me
08:42 Posted: Jan 2012
Views: 874,787 | Comments: 144
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Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
16:23 Posted: Nov 2011
Views: 528,149 | Comments: 187
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Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
05:29 Posted: Aug 2011
Views: 822,685 | Comments: 173
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