Lifespan News | Ageless Societies, BOFFFFs, & Entropy - An Interview with Dr. Andrew Steele @LifespanNews | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Dr. Andrew Steele, the Oxford-trained physicist turned longevity-focused computational biologist who you might recognize from his appearances on Discovery and the BBC, recently sat down with Brent Nally of Lifespan News to discuss his book Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old, as well as ageless societies, BOFFFFs, & entropy. We’ll talk about the book, and hear some interesting arguments from Andrew, in this episode of Lifespan News hosted by Ryan O’Shea!
Towards the beginning of his book, Andrew explores the historical attitudes towards aging and the moral arguments surrounding it. In this section of the book, he did something quite effective - he asked the reader to imagine living in a world without the negative effects of aging, where health and vitality are maintained. Now, imagine the rise of a pandemic within this world, in which a disease that mimics the effects of aging begins taking over. People grow frail, and weak, and lose their physical abilities and mental capacities. Eventually, they become susceptible to other ailments and ultimately die. What steps might the inhabitants of this previously ageless world take to stop this deadly disease? The answer is anything. Practically everything would be put on hold as the attention of everyone, from nations down to individuals, focuses on getting this problem under control.
There may be some naysayers, or those who believe the disease is natural and therefore good, or God’s will, but would the inhabitants of this imaginary world listen to this, or to the environmental and economic arguments against fighting this aging-like disease? It’s not likely. As Andrew says in the book, “Aging is not a morally acceptable solution to any problem”.
Andrew is a scientist, writer and campaigner based in London. After a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford he decided that aging was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. He worked at the Francis Crick Institute, using machine learning to decode human DNA and predict heart attacks using patients’ NHS medical records.
Andrew is now a full-time science writer and presenter and has written for the Guardian, Telegraph and Wall Street Journal. He has also been featured on shows on Discovery and the BBC. He produces videos on YouTube and gives live talks ranging from lectures in schools to science stand-up at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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Full Interview - youtu.be/jxlkGdviPLU
Find our review of the book here - lifespan.io/news/ageless-by-andrew-steele-a-perfect-pop-sci-book-on-aging
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ageless.link
andrewsteele.co.uk
youtube.com/DrAndrewSteele
twitter.com/statto
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Music: "Elastic Vibe" by Ziv Moran
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Host, Producer, & Editor - Ryan O’Shea
Interviewer - Brent Nally
Art - Mattijs Vonk
Executive Producer - Keith Comito
#Ageless #BOFFFFs #Immortality #Entropy
The opinions of the hosts and subjects of this video do not necessarily reflect the view of lifespan.io.
Dr. Andrew Steele, the Oxford-trained physicist turned longevity-focused computational biologist who you might recognize from his appearances on Discovery and the BBC, recently sat down with Brent Nally of Lifespan News to discuss his book Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old, as well as ageless societies, BOFFFFs, & entropy. We’ll talk about the book, and hear some interesting arguments from Andrew, in this episode of Lifespan News hosted by Ryan O’Shea!
Towards the beginning of his book, Andrew explores the historical attitudes towards aging and the moral arguments surrounding it. In this section of the book, he did something quite effective - he asked the reader to imagine living in a world without the negative effects of aging, where health and vitality are maintained. Now, imagine the rise of a pandemic within this world, in which a disease that mimics the effects of aging begins taking over. People grow frail, and weak, and lose their physical abilities and mental capacities. Eventually, they become susceptible to other ailments and ultimately die. What steps might the inhabitants of this previously ageless world take to stop this deadly disease? The answer is anything. Practically everything would be put on hold as the attention of everyone, from nations down to individuals, focuses on getting this problem under control.
There may be some naysayers, or those who believe the disease is natural and therefore good, or God’s will, but would the inhabitants of this imaginary world listen to this, or to the environmental and economic arguments against fighting this aging-like disease? It’s not likely. As Andrew says in the book, “Aging is not a morally acceptable solution to any problem”.
Andrew is a scientist, writer and campaigner based in London. After a PhD in physics from the University of Oxford he decided that aging was the single most important scientific challenge of our time, and switched fields to computational biology. He worked at the Francis Crick Institute, using machine learning to decode human DNA and predict heart attacks using patients’ NHS medical records.
Andrew is now a full-time science writer and presenter and has written for the Guardian, Telegraph and Wall Street Journal. He has also been featured on shows on Discovery and the BBC. He produces videos on YouTube and gives live talks ranging from lectures in schools to science stand-up at the Hammersmith Apollo.
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
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Full Interview - youtu.be/jxlkGdviPLU
Find our review of the book here - lifespan.io/news/ageless-by-andrew-steele-a-perfect-pop-sci-book-on-aging
Andrew’s Links -
ageless.link
andrewsteele.co.uk
youtube.com/DrAndrewSteele
twitter.com/statto
LIKE WHAT WE DO?
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If you’d like to help us run this show and/or help Lifespan.io end age-related diseases, you can become a Lifespan Hero: lifespan.io/hero. Your support means the world to us!
FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE
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FOOTAGE, IMAGES, AND MUSIC CREDITS
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Stock footage & Images : Videoblocks.com, Shutterstock.com
Music: "Elastic Vibe" by Ziv Moran
PRODUCTION CREDITS
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Host, Producer, & Editor - Ryan O’Shea
Interviewer - Brent Nally
Art - Mattijs Vonk
Executive Producer - Keith Comito
#Ageless #BOFFFFs #Immortality #Entropy
The opinions of the hosts and subjects of this video do not necessarily reflect the view of lifespan.io.
