When:
November 24, 2016 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
2016-11-24T17:00:00+00:00
2016-11-24T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
Baring Room
North He
UKege, London Rd, Stevenage SG1 1GG
UK
North He
UKege, London Rd, Stevenage SG1 1GG
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Chair of London Futurists and former smartphone executive David Wood will set out the argument for why the abolition of biological ageing by 2040 is both feasible and desirable. He will outline four potential scenarios for the future of healthy ageing – “optimistic”, “realistic”, “pessimistic”, and “abolitionist” – and explain what individuals can do to influence the probabilities for different scenarios. His talk will draw on insights from the philosophy of science, the field of foresight studies, examples from high-tech industries, and his own perspective as secretary of Humanity+ (the international transhumanist movement).