Lex Fridman Podcast: #189 – David Sinclair: Extending the Human Lifespan Beyond 100 Years

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David Sinclair is a geneticist at Harvard and author of Lifespan. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(09:34) – Staying young at heart

(13:31) – Bringing people back to life

(19:05) – Wearables and tracking health data

(28:18) – How to solve aging

(38:23) – Why do we age?

(43:50) – Genetic reset switch that reverses aging

(46:20) – AI in biology

(48:52) – Health data

(56:58) – Fasting

(1:04:29) – Diet

(1:12:41) – Exercise

(1:18:01) – Sleep

(1:26:29) – Data

(1:32:00) – Extending lifespan

(1:34:42) – Immortality

(1:40:28) – Denial of death

(1:43:45) – Meaning of life without death