I attended the San Francisco Longevity meetup on Thursday evening (highly recommended), they also have a sister organization in New York City. Longevity NYC has a meetup this coming Tuesday, November 15th. Details here:
Check the group out to learn more at their website here:
Longevity SF on Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/longevitysf
At the meetup I met Aaron King who is one of the people who is focused on the longevity side of the Foresight organization. For those unfamiliar with the Foresight institute they are a small team that describe themselves as follows:
Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support. From molecular nanotechnology, to brain-computer interfaces, space exploration, cryptocommerce, and AI, Foresight gathers leading minds to advance research and accelerate progress toward flourishing futures.
Foresight has some good resources on their website that I think people here may find of interest.
A ton of good seminar videos at this link:
Aaron also showed me an interesting online map of the longevity / biotech / research field - what he called a “TechTree”. A screen capture at a high level is here, but you can focus and get more info on each area. I found it helpful to look at to see how they divide up the “industry” or field.
One of the more interesting segments of the market I was not aware of was the area of “head transplants” (putting older heads onto younger bodies; sort of the young blood approach taken to the natural extreme). And yes - people are apparently seriously looking at this.
To explore the Longevity TechTree yourself go here: Longevity Tech Tree - View-only
