I gave a talk in Philosophy on the morality behind Aubrey de Grey's work in life extension

1. The Morality of
Ending Aging

2. Is it possible?

3. Aubrey de Grey

4. The Science
• Aging is result of evolutionary neglect, not
intent
• Metabolism » Damage » Pathology
• 7 types of damage; No new type of damage
identified since 1982

5. 7 Types of Damage
• Cell loss/atrophy
• Protein crosslinks
• Extracellular junk
• Death-resistant cells
• Mitochondrial mutations
• Lysosomal junk
• Nuclear mutations

6. Longevity Escape
Velocity
0
Remaining Life
Expectancy
30
50
100 80
Time

7. Should we do it?