Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - Book Review
In the book, the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived
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
In Aging in World History, author David G. Troyansky presents the first global history of aging
Suicide Club
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
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
Ethics Blog Posts
04-Jan-2019
19-Apr-2018
Inequality and Threat
A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme
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!
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
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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...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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