Month / July 2023
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Nina Khera – The Role of Youth in Aging
Episode 29:
When did you first care about aging and longevity? For Nina, her passion for the field started at the age of 12.
Join us for a conversation with the brilliant young mind of Nina Khera from when she was 16 (Recorded in 2021) and her journey in the field of Aging. In this episode we begin with a deep dive into Nina’s Career by discussing what garnered her interest in the longevity and aging field, inspirations, being a prominent panel speaker and the generational differences in the focus on aging. We then dig into the age bias in aging, her perspective and experiences in the longevity field, the creation of Biotein and the motivation behind it, the overlap and prioritization of curing diseases, Artificial Intelligence and its applications, and predictions of the aging field by 2050. Finally, we wrap up by asking Nina how her peers and youth in the future can take control of their own aging and get involved.
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Brian Patrick Green – The Ethics of Life Extension
Episode 28:
Brian Patrick Green is the Director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Brian’s work on ethics is extensive, covering transhumanism, artificial intelligence, space exploration, corporate ethics, and religion. He has published several articles and resources on ethics and also authored several books including Space Ethics (2021) and Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics (2022).
In this episode, we ask Brian to share his journey into the world of ethics and the issues that face us today with the regulation of rapidly developing technologies like artificial intelligence. We also delve into the ethics of life extension therapies, questions of identity/what it means to be human, and Roman Catholic perspectives on additional life. We may have gone twice as long as the average episode but only for good reason!
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