"Think about a situation in which, less than five years from now, perhaps in a period of about a week, half of the developed world is going to shift from an expectation that they will live only slightly longer than their parents did, into an expectation that they could live far longer than anyone has ever lived before."

With these words in a recent Foresight Institute podcast episode - https://foresight.org/podcast/ - biorejuvenation researcher and activist Aubrey de Grey urges an "anticipation of anticipation" regarding the scientific conquest of aging.

As Aubrey points out, the growing realisation that therapies to reverse aging could become available within just a few decades is going to cause a profound sea-change in public attitudes. There will be a major dislocation in the kinds of things the general public desires: changes in the organisation of healthcare systems, health and life insurance, pensions, inheritance arrangements, allocation of funds to research, and other big ticket items.

In the absence of good forethought, this could be a traumatic period of time. It could make pale in comparison a lot of what currently occupies people's minds.

How should people interested in the future help society prepare for that sea-change transition in attitude? And what can and should be done to accelerate and steer that transition?

In this London Futurists webinar, Aubrey de Grey will be sharing his analysis of recent developments in the fast-moving field of biorejuvenation technology, offering suggestions regarding potential large changes in public attitudes, and answering audience questions.