The Man Who Would Live Forever
MIT's Technology Review has a great, well written article on Aubrey de Grey, the man who would live forever. The Cambridge University computer scientist provides computer support for a genetics research team for his "day job" and dabbles in life extension science for his obsession. It is for his obsession that de Grey has earned worldwide fame, respect and a following. de Grey firmly believes that humankind need not die. He believes that we should be able to live for thousands of years, and given the choice, expects most of us would want it. It is in our nature he believes, for us to not want to die.
de Grey taught himself biology. He's never been in the lab, but is rather, a theoretician. He has published numerous papers on the subject of life extension -- many of which are co-written by giants in the field. He has outlined seven areas which must be conquered for humans to break the bonds of death, and what must be done to enable successful prolonging of life. The science behind his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence is complex and only wistful thoughts for most biologists, yet de Grey believes that within the next 100 years, we can be successful -- in fact, he thinks that if we expend some effort now, we could achieve success in about 25 years.
Is he crazy? Read more at MIT's Technology Review. [HTML] [PDF]
de Grey taught himself biology. He's never been in the lab, but is rather, a theoretician. He has published numerous papers on the subject of life extension -- many of which are co-written by giants in the field. He has outlined seven areas which must be conquered for humans to break the bonds of death, and what must be done to enable successful prolonging of life. The science behind his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence is complex and only wistful thoughts for most biologists, yet de Grey believes that within the next 100 years, we can be successful -- in fact, he thinks that if we expend some effort now, we could achieve success in about 25 years.
Is he crazy? Read more at MIT's Technology Review. [HTML] [PDF]
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