Forever Young? The Philosophy of Living Indefinitely

We're living through what some scientists are calling the most consequential moment in the history of human aging. Senolytics, partial cellular reprogramming, gene therapies, and other interventions that sounded like science fiction a decade ago are now in clinical trials. Serious researchers are no longer asking whether we can extend healthy human lifespan dramatically — they're asking by how much and how soon.
But the science is the easy part. The harder questions are the ones we'll wrestle with at this meetup:

• If you could live to 200 in good health, would you want to? What about 500? Forever?
• Bernard Williams famously argued that immortality would eventually become unbearably tedious. Was he right, or does that say more about him than about us?
• Who gets access to radical life extension first — and what does that do to a society already strained by inequality?
• Does our awareness of mortality give life its meaning, urgency, and shape? Or is that just a story we tell ourselves to cope with something terrible?
• What happens to generational turnover — to art, science, politics — when the old never make way for the young?
• How do religious and spiritual traditions hold up against a future where death becomes optional?

Come ready to think out loud, change your mind, and disagree generously. No background in philosophy or biology required — just curiosity and a willingness to sit with hard questions.
Stick around after for less weighty conversation

PARKING
If you are having trouble parking near the pub, there is a Wells Fargo a block away that allows people to park there for $5.