José Cordeiro: The Death of Death
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro: José Cordeiro and The Death of Death
1:33 – Living young forever and the book in 15 languages
2:57 – Japan, Shinya Yamanaka, and reversing aging
4:39 – How life expectancy is measured and has grown
6:55 – Spain and the Mediterranean diet
7:45 – Saudi Arabia, Hevolution, and the XPRIZE
10:45 – From energy engineer at MIT to longevity
13:31 – Parents, aging, and turning back the clock
15:00 – Longevity escape velocity and three bridges
17:31 – Metformin, rapamycin, and senolytics
19:19 – Nanobots, AI, 2045, and regular blood work
21:46 – Bryan Johnson, the most measured man in history
26:28 – Health trends vs. Canada's euthanasia
27:43 – Cryonics as plan B
31:44 – Immortal jellyfish, hydras, and germ cells
33:46 – What cancer cells can teach us about aging
36:52 – Two kinds of immortality and ageless lobsters
39:13 – Neuralink, mind uploading, and Black Mirror
41:21 – From punch cards to terabytes
45:04 – Teaching Javier Milei in Buenos Aires
48:52 – From Spain and Venezuela, and how countries change
50:42 – Forecasting technology vs. politics
53:36 – Two passports, Russia, and Timeship
55:42 – Stop aging and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
José Cordeiro, author of The Death of Death, joins Lou to talk about biological rejuvenation, longevity escape velocity, biohacker Bryan Johnson's weird face (and, Lou imagines, equally weird-looking penis), and the euthanasia-to-cryonics pipeline.
We also get into Shinya Yamanaka and reversing aging, Saudi Arabia's Hevolution and the XPRIZE, going from MIT energy engineer to longevity, metformin, rapamycin, and senolytics, immortal jellyfish and ageless lobsters, what cancer cells teach us about aging, Neuralink and mind uploading, teaching Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, and a travel hack any mortal or immortal can appreciate.