Will we really live to 1000 years?

Is ageing a disease? Can it be cured? Can death be pushed back? Will you live to 1000 years? Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer, SENS Research Foundation divulges the truth behind longevity and the ensuing risks and discover how you should transform your life insurance models. He spoke to Markus Salchegger, Managing Director at Accenture Risk & Finance at RiskMinds Insurance 2016, Amsterdam.
Find out more at www.riskmindslive.com.

[@jessicaroberts2282]

Dr de Grey on top form as usual. Brilliant.

[@joefoster4826]

I couldn't have said it better. But he needs help now more than ever. A strong online community is growing to help him spread the word. Feel free to join us at the heathspan longevity discord channel live chat discord.gg/ftSbffu , anyone with a keyboard and some free time can use this platform to make a huge impact, we are already getting things done!!

[@RAHGOTS]

Aubrey de Grey is a genius and my hero and I think his beard is epic.

[@pamik]

jealous of his mighty beard? ...

[@RAHGOTS]

pamik Yes.

[@codrinvechiu2832]

happy to see Aubrey doing his thing :)

[@yearslonglifeforme]

why live for 1000 years when you can live infinity

[@IkeReviews]

Let's get to 1000 first.

[@artvampire5421]

I hope he can achieve this in the next 15 years I would really love to live for that long. In fact 1500 years would be pretty good for me.

[@dexterquotidian]

this guy is about to solve aging, and the interviewer cares and asks many times "yeah but how it will affect insurance portfolios" i am genuinely disgusted. and his English is far from perfect, yet he is a managing director?

[@franksang5014]

Well that is his area of work-insurance. Hence it is sort of clear why he would try to relate this outcome to his industry. Also the video is sponsored by the insurance guys so it's sort of necessary.

[@choinate]

longevity viva !

[@davidgifford8112]

From the perspective of another 6-years, deGrey’s expectation of the tripling of life expectancy in mouse models within 5-years, has not emerged, we remain in the 30% realm. This technology remains in the 25-30-year time frame. A little like clean fusion power generation, 30-years from the date you are talking about it.

[@wingchunguru640]

Li ching from china lived 256 years..rama lived for 300 years and maha avatar babaji is about 2500 years and still alive and young .. it's possible if you do it right there is a way to live forever

[@slicesofsib5572]

Can we repair ourselves like a Jellyfish? Like their ageing cycle process?

[@stingerbee8346]

What's the effect on insurance? A lot more money since their customers won't be dying and taking claims as frequently.

[@atlien991]

+Stinger Bee Insurance competitors, with the lower claim rate you speak of, will enter the market with close to zero premiums and still be able to make money. This will effectively kill the industry, leaving a couple of players around with slim margins.

[@qones3574]

It's an interesting piece of math. We actually have a somewhat reasonable 'ceiling' on how healthy we want to be. People don't go to the doctor when they feel a little poopy. They go when they feel sad. So, as the medical interventions advance, ostensibly there should be a ceiling where we actually don't want 'more' health in the near-term future. We just want to be healthy. And once those interventions are found, they can come down in price. One of the greatest pieces of insurance savings we could discover is one of the Alzheimer's charities funding an intervention that works in some significant way. Medicare costs on that front would then plummet. And, etc. for all diseases of aging.

[@mafumofu4251]

I want a beard like that

[@Davinci-xl9st]

Imagine: Having had several relationships in the past hundreds of years, and then dating someone who is 800 years younger than you, but you both look the same age.

[@AkeemRWRoss]

Holla at me ...XD

[@SerKepler]

Last part seems an intro of a possible Fallout game

[@crisithink9509]

He reminds me of Jesus, but on another note. What if this is partly why we're going to mars finally

[@Claugustus]

Wouldn't women still go through menopause? The amount of eggs a woman has is finite, regardless of how long she lives.

[@stylesistersnyc600]

They've actually updated this concept... Here's a generalistic article. Ive read more informative ones but didnt feel like doing a better search. news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120229-women-health-ovaries-eggs-reproduction-science/

[@eyeseetruth2117]

+Aristotle Stagirus it would be possible within a few hundred years not even thousands. justbthink aboutvhow much can change in a century.

[@eyeseetruth2117]

+Aristotle Stagirus we can already change any organ its the brain that is most difficult. because its what makes us so if we change that we would be clones per say.

[@arkavick]

I think with use of Crispr we'd probably be able to lessen the ill effects of the menstrual cycle and code out menopause all together.

[@eyeseetruth2117]

+Arkavick by than we would able to alter literally anything in dna.

[@american11asshole]

We already have these capabilities naturally, it's called chi energy.

[@CalumnMcAulay]

No we don't, everyone ages regardless of what they do.

[@stingerbee8346]

+NeoTheOne What a load of hog crap. Show me even ONE example.

[@american11asshole]

+Stinger Bee search man doesn't eat for 70 years.

[@CalumnMcAulay]

you actually believe its possible for everyone on the planet to not eat for 70 years and for us to have the level of technological innovation we currently have or have had?

[@american11asshole]

+chris mcaulay Well he's not the only one living off the sun. And technology available is way beyond what most know.

[@4relevants]

Aubrey de Grey means "high chance" ... at least better then Jesus.

[@dlbdlb3919]

Aubrey de Grey IMO is focusing on the wrong things. Repairing is not getting at the cause. Also, to my knowledge he has had no notable successes while other scientists have.

[@MrVanlaichin]

This is not possible,because the Bible say very clearly the humans can live 120 only .how want eternal just belive him Jesus.

[@zan700]

+van ceu Uk i wanna smoke what you smoke man

[@fuckwadify]

Jeanne Calment lived till she was 122.

[@sethhuff1755]

We're not talking about religion here. This is science. Just get out.

[@NicholasEngerer]

🤮

[@vinnyaglioni9697]

Humans will not live to be 1000 years old until the 2nd Coming. After the Great Flood God set man’s age limit at 120 years. Your investors will be heavily disappointed. Genesis 6:3 - Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

[@1.2.3.61]

Rubbish