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Ethics

What are the consequences of radical life extension?

Should we attempt to live forever?

More questions than answers - but more information coming soon.

Resources

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Longevity Cafe : Ethics of Life Extension - Coffee and Chat

01-Apr-2023

The club's Longevity Cafe Meetup group will be discussing ethics of longevity (FREE)

Healthy Longevity Medicine Society (HLMS)

Medical society with focus on promoting longevity as a specialty area of modern healthcare

Aging in World History

Amazon

In Aging in World History, author David G. Troyansky presents the first global history of aging

Suicide Club

Amazon

How does society react when the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived, written by Rachel Heng

Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing

Amazon

Insights into the scientific, ethical, and political implications of human genome editing written by Françoise Baylis

Longevity Week 2022

14-Nov-2022 to 18-Nov-2022

Organised by the Longevity Forum - more details coming

Future of Ageing 2022: A vision for the next 25 years

24-Nov-2022

Annual conference by the International Longevity Centre

The Case Against Death

Amazon

Book written by philosopher Ingemar Patrick Linden

Live Forever Manual

Amazon

Adrian Cull explores the rapidly expanding life extension industry

Apostolos Tsiachristas

Associate Professor at University of Oxford

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Ethics Blog Posts

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - Book Review
04-Jan-2019

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - Book Review

In the book, the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived

Inequality and Threat
19-Apr-2018

Inequality and Threat

A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme

They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing
17-Nov-2016

They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing

Many advertisers refused to take my money to promote the Live Forever Manual - raising awareness is an uphill battle!

New UK Alcohol Guidelines - Are you feeling lucky?
09-Feb-2016

New UK Alcohol Guidelines - Are you feeling lucky?

Just the one won't kill me... well, it might, as there is no safe level for drinking alcohol

Air pollution - a significant killer
07-May-2015

Air pollution - a significant killer

Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and other air pollution can knock 12 years off your life

Recent News

UK life expectancy dropping relative to other countries

Sky News - 16-Mar-2023

Driven by income inequality and resulting larger fall in poorer groups

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Shrinking population, with greater proportion being elderly, could rock China's economy

Telegraph - 03-Mar-2023

China’s population could peak at 1.4bn in 2025 then almost drop by half by the end of the century

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New alcohol guidelines in Canada recommend only 2 drinks per week

The Guardian - 18-Jan-2023

Experts debate on risk versus enjoyment, however, people must be aware of the risks associated with long-term alcohol use

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Healthy Longevity Medicine Society launches to promote longevity medicine

Longevity Technology - 27-Sep-2022

Looks like it will act as an interface between longevity researchers and clinicians

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Impacts of inequality affects the poor and increases the risk of dying from lung disease in UK

The Guardian - 25-Jul-2022

Poorest 10% of patients are now five times more likely to die with lung disease than the wealthiest

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