Informal pub meeting: boosting longevity

Would you like to live to experience, not only the year 2025, but also 2075, 2125, and beyond?

This informal meetup is being organised by Didier Coeurnelle, taking advantage of the fact that many London Futurists will be in central London for the Anticipating 2025 (http://anticipating2025.com/) event this weekend.

Didier is co-chair of HEALES (http://www.heales.org/nhs/index.php/who-are-we), the Healthy Life Extension Society, which was founded in Brussels.

Didier writes:

At the moment, there is little that people can do to significantly increase their healthy life expectancy. But futurists are aware this could change in the not-too-distant future. The plan for this gathering is to informally discuss questions related to longevity, such as:

• Recent developments around the companies Calico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_(company)), Human Longevity Inc (http://www.humanlongevity.com/), and In Silico Medicine Inc (http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11644588.htm)

• Information about recent scientific progress

• How to convince your favourite politicians that they should make life extension a priority

• How to take advantage of the increasing popular press interest in healthy life extension

• Is popularizing radical ideas related to longevity (for example use of the "I" word) (*) a good or bad idea?

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To misquote John F Kennedy: Do not ask yourself how chance and genetic fate can make your life longer; ask yourself what you could do to support science for life extension.

This meetup is taking place in the Marlborough Arms pub (http://www.taylor-walker.co.uk/pub-food/marlborough-arms-bloomsbury/pid-C7440), which is located a short walk from Birkbeck College. A number of tables on the right hand side of the main room of the pub have been reserved for London Futurists.

There is no charge to attend this meetup. Since the meetup is taking place in a pub, attendees will probably want to purchase drink (and/or food) as the evening progresses.

Time: Saturday, March 22, 6 pm to 8 pm (and beyond)

(*) "Immortality"