[ExI] Life extension

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2013-10-22 14:32, Ilia Stambler wrote:
>
> I wonder if I may ask what other topics are to be discussed?
>

Well, me and professor Linda Partridge will have 10 minutes each, and 
the Minister for Care and Ageing is presumably busy enough to escape 
after having done his job. So the total amount of topics will be very, 
very limited.

The core idea is to explain to the politicians that we are seeing 
increases in life expectancy, that longevity risk (uncertainty about 
future mortality) is going up, and that there are potential for 
interventions to extended lifespan. So weought to develop strategies for 
dealing with this.  I will talk about the ethical and social motivations 
why longevity is a good thing.

Hmm, interesting realization: the Minister is on the health side rather 
than research. So he might have less ability to help research, but ought 
to be good for the advisory board idea.

-- 
Dr Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University