Anticipating a sea-change in public attitude, with Dr Aubrey de Grey

"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.

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This event will be hosted on Zoom. To register, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CejcO9bIRY289EjXudPHhg

The Zoom registration fee (UKP £2.50) helps cover London Futurists running costs. The webinar can also be viewed, without charge, on the London Futurists YouTube channel, but without the option to participate in the live Q&A.

(The Zoom registration page opens a PayPal interface, but there is NO requirement for attendees to use a PayPal account.)

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Dr. Aubrey de Grey is the biomedical gerontologist who devised the SENS platform, and established SENS Research Foundation to implement it. He received his BA in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Cambridge in 1985 and 2000, respectively.

Aubrey is Editor-in-Chief of Rejuvenation Research, is a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the American Aging Association, and sits on the editorial and scientific advisory boards of numerous journals and organizations.

See https://www.sens.org/about-us/leadership/executive-team/

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The webinar will start broadcasting at 4pm UK time on Sat 17th July. To find this time in other timezones, see https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20210717T150000&p1=136

You are advised to log into Zoom up to 10 minutes ahead of the publicised start time of the event, so you won't miss the start of the live broadcast.

As the discussion proceeds, attendees will be welcome to raise questions and vote to prioritise questions raised by others.

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Credit: The image above includes a design by Pixabay user Schäferle, https://pixabay.com/photos/wave-ocean-sea-storm-tsunami-1913559/ - and a photo from https://www.sens.org/ by Erin Ashford.

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To register for this event, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CejcO9bIRY289EjXudPHhg