TotM - The Abolition of Aging

TotM - Topic of the Month... (https://www.meetup.com/The-Bend-Big-Picture-Book-Club/pages/Three_types_of_meetings%3A_TotM%2C_MPP%2C_and__BPE/)

The Abolition of Aging: The forthcoming radical extension of healthy human longevity (https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Aging-forthcoming-extension-longevity-ebook/dp/B01G5QAYJ4/)

In the last 200 years, throughout the world, average human life expectancies have increased dramatically. To date, these lifespan increases are believed associated with better sanitation practices and increased potency of disease specific medical interventions. The graphic figure below (https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy/) provides a view of these lifespan increases.

No country in the world [today] has a lower life expectancy than the the countries with the highest life expectancy in 1800.* (https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy/)

https://i.imgur.com/C27b2Qkl.png

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Science and technology developments of the last few decades suggest that these life expectancy increases will continue, perhaps even more dramatically. The biological causes of aging and healthy longevity have become the focus of scientific teams and serious forum (http://www.longecity.org/forum/) and social media (https://www.facebook.com/groups/endagingnow/) discussions around the world.

Can aging, as we know it, be "cured" or abolished?

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David Wood is a Thought Leader within two Humanity+ (http://humanityplus.org/about/) Movement Organizations (https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/about), the author of a Transhumanist Manifesto (https://youtu.be/2C0OslksDL8), and the Organizer of the London Futurists Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/London-Futurists/).

David is also the author of this month's discussion book, The Abolition of Aging: The forthcoming radical extension of healthy human longevity (https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Aging-forthcoming-extension-longevity-ebook/dp/B01G5QAYJ4/)... Itprovides an overview of the most significant issues implicated by a radical change in how long humans live.

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From the Reviews... (https://theabolitionofaging.com/)

> David Wood has provided the ultimate handbook of arguments on behalf of the arresting, reversal and even termination of aging. Wood fights ‘mortalists’ as Aquinas fought infidels. Although the book is science-led, its most striking feature is Wood’s faith in the capacity of liberal democracies to rise to the challenge of conquering mortality. A must-read for believers and sceptics alike. - Steve Fuller

> A real tour de force. - Aubrey de Grey

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Resources for the discussion...

-- Amazon's link to the book (https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Aging-forthcoming-extension-longevity-ebook/dp/B01G5QAYJ4/) (available in paperback and on kindle)

-- David presents a detailed overview of Scenarios for the future of healthy life extension (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIcx7w-yDVA) in under two hours.

-- David was a panel speaker in this 18 minute video about aging (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnv6KDzboJ0).

-- In 2014, David gave a talk entitled, Opposition to life extension - evaluating the critics of rejuvenation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7hcIW3JI9Y).

-- David summarizes his book in under 4 minutes. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln0IF4RT8WA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln0IF4RT8WA

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Looking forward to learning with and from you about this topic!