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The Rich Roll Podcast

Sergey Young on The Science of Growing Young

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.812.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2021

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

What if I told you that there was a Russian millionaire who wants to help you live to be 150-years-old? This isn’t science fiction—it’s ‘immortality science’. It’s the science of lifespan extension. The science of what today’s guest calls growing young. Meet Sergey Young, the exceedingly bright and optimistic chemical engineer turned investment banker turned venture capitalist committed to not only funding cutting-edge lifespan extension breakthroughs but also ensuring that such advancements are affordable and accessible to all. Named one of the Top 100 Longevity Leaders in the world, Sergey is an XPRIZE Foundation Board Member, the founder of the $100M Longevity Vision Fund, and a development sponsor of the Age Reversal XPRIZE, which is a global competition designed to find a cure for aging. Yes, you read that right—a cure. He’s also the author of the new book hitting shelves everywhere August 24, 2021 (and now available for pre-order) entitled, The Science And Technology Of Growing Young, which is a fascinating demystification of the longevity landscape, a primer on the science and technology developments aimed at healthspan enhancement, and a practical guidebook outlining the many things we all can and should be doing now to live vibrantly to 100 and beyond. Today we run the gamut on longevity, including near and long-term science & technological advancements like the advent of bio-tracking wearables, body digitization, and the role of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing medical diagnostics and early disease detection. We also cast a future gaze into the insanely wild far horizon of age-reversal science, digital avatars, telexistence, 3-D organ printing, and AI-brain integration. Pivoting to the immediately practical, we also converse about the many things we can and should all be doing now to extend not just our lifespan, but our healthspan—things like eating a plant-based diet, prioritizing exercise, sleep, relationships, and spending time in nature. But the most interesting aspects of this exchange are the moral and philosophical dilemmas that surface in the conversation around human lifespan extension—and the urgency with which we need to be thinking very deeply about the many profound implications of these advancements. Brilliant, charming, and quite funny, it’s an honor to share Sergey’s wisdom with you today. Break out the pen and notepad. You’re going to want to take notes on this one. To read more click here. You can also watch listen to our exchange on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Enjoy! Peace + Plants, Rich Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Okay, let's do the show.

0:31.4

When I see the future, it's a future when we will have an opportunity to redefine

0:37.0

what human body and mind means. So my future is about our ability to regenerate organs,

0:45.5

ability to alter our genes. And we already know 3,000 genes in our DNA, which are responsible for

0:53.5

aging processes, which starts probably after age of 20, 25.

0:58.6

My mantra is to live 200 years and 25 years old body.

1:02.8

I'm a great believer of psychological aspect of aging.

1:05.6

This is changing to this mental paradigm because changed my life a lot.

1:09.2

Because every morning I wake up, I have like three-fourth of my life ahead of me.

1:13.6

I can dream, I can think big, I can actually change the world in a positive way.

1:18.7

In the crease of the lifespan is happening. 100 years ago, the average lifespan on earth was

1:24.2

what, 35 years. Right now it's again for developed countries, it's 75.

1:28.9

No one ever had a debate like, can we allow this to happen or not?

1:33.6

So in a way, this is a trajectory. And what I would like to do is for us to start a conversation,

1:39.6

start a thinking process about how the world should change, how our relationship with

1:44.2

modern nature should change, how our ethical norms, social constructs, needs to change.

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