James Bickerton – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 17 May 2021 23:22:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Is Ageing a disease and can it be CURED? Andrew Steele interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/is-ageing-a-disease-and-can-it-be-cured-andrew-steele-interview Mon, 17 May 2021 23:22:44 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/is-ageing-a-disease-and-can-it-be-cured-andrew-steele-interview

Hey guys — you might like this interview I did with Alex Steele about counter-ageing and the quest for biological immortality (focused around his new book ‘Ageless: The New Science of Getting Old Without Getting Older’. If you do very grateful for any subs to help support the channel!


I speak with Andrew Steele; author, scientist and anti-ageing campaigner about his book Ageless: The New Science of Getting Old Without Getting Older”. Interview covers why humans age, the growing anti-ageing movement, scientific progress over the past decade and potential anti-ageing treatments.

You can buy Andrew’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ageless-Science-Getting-Older-Without/dp/152660826X

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Can humans achieve biological immortality? Brent Nally (longevity) interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/can-humans-achieve-biological-immortality-brent-nally-longevity-interview Wed, 05 May 2021 02:22:39 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2021/05/can-humans-achieve-biological-immortality-brent-nally-longevity-interview

Hey guys — you might like this interview I did with Brent Nally (CEO — Longevity Plan) about why humans can and should strive towards biological immortality. Very grateful for any subs to support the channel!


I interview Brent Nally, host of Lifespan News and CEO/co-founder of Longevity Plan, about the longevity movement and why he believes humans can and should strive for biological immortality. Covers scientific progress, the evolving longevity movement, why some oppose radical life extension and a brief section on Bitcoin.

Lifespan news: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-hyW-B6pWS8lPjZk4zLYcQ

Brent’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCwpkla04tVxHJUds2J2aqA

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‘Deep fakes are a threat to liberal democracy’ — Nina Schick final https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/deep-fakes-are-a-threat-to-liberal-democracy-nina-schick-final Tue, 29 Sep 2020 02:22:19 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/deep-fakes-are-a-threat-to-liberal-democracy-nina-schick-final

Hey! You might be interested in my latest interview with Nina Schick, author of ‘Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse’. We discuss both the advantages of the huge advances in AI generated synthetic media (personalised movies, video games etr) and the darker side with deep fakes (political misinformation, involuntary pornography etr). Thanks!


I interview Nina Schick, author of Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse, about the rise of synthetic (or AI generated) media and why she fears the deep fakes it is enabling could undermine liberal-democracy and pose major privacy questions (e.g. involuntary deep-fake pornography). We also discuss the advantages of synthetic media (personalised movies, video games etr).

You can buy Nina’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Deep-Fakes-Infocalypse-What-Urgently/dp/1913183521

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“I consider myself a post-humanist” — Francesca Ferrando interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/i-consider-myself-a-post-humanist-francesca-ferrando-interview Sun, 24 May 2020 03:43:03 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/i-consider-myself-a-post-humanist-francesca-ferrando-interview

I recently interviewed post-humanist Dr Francesca Ferrando on the relationship between the global transhumanist and post-humanist movements – might be of interest!

Blown away by the support since I launched my YouTube channel focused on futurist/transhumanist topics a couple of months back & have decided to invest in better equipment to boost the quality. In the meantime very grateful for any subscribers 😊.


I interview Dr Francesca Ferrando, founder of the Global Posthuman Network and Assistant Professor of Philosophy at New York University. Dr Ferrando explains why she identifies as a posthumanist and the relationship between the posthumanist and transhumanist movements.

You can order Dr Ferrando’s book, Philosophical Posthumanism, here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/philosophical-posthumanism-9781350059498/

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‘I want to totally re-engineer my body’ — Natasha Vita-More interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/i-want-to-totally-re-engineer-my-body-natasha-vita-more-interview Fri, 22 May 2020 18:43:08 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/i-want-to-totally-re-engineer-my-body-natasha-vita-more-interview

You might be interested in my latest interview with Natasha Vita-More, transhumanist writer and executive director of Humanity+, covering human augmentation, the world transhumanist movement and whole-body prosthetics.

Trying to grow my transhumanism related channel so super grateful for any subs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVLqMgLDwO-aSk5YcYo1dA


I interview Natasha Vita-More, a transhumanist thinker who wrote the ‘Transhumanist Statement’ and is the Executive Director of Humanity+, formerly the World Transhumanist Association.

We cover artificial intelligence, whole body prosthetics, radical life extension, upgrading the human body and the world transhumanist movement amongst other topics.

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Has the transhumanist movement lost its way? Nikola Danaylov interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/has-the-transhumanist-movement-lost-its-way-nikola-danaylov-interview Mon, 18 May 2020 23:02:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/05/has-the-transhumanist-movement-lost-its-way-nikola-danaylov-interview

You might like this interview I did with futurist writer Nikola Danaylov, who runs the Singularity Weblog and wrote ‘Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st century’, on how advances in AI could utterly transform human society and the health of the global transhumanist movement.

I’m trying to grow my futurism YouTube channel (transhumanism, AI, space colonisation etr) so if this is of interest to you I’d be very grateful for any subscribers.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVLqMgLDwO-aSk5YcYo1dA


I interview Nikola Danaylov (@singularityblog), founder of the Singularity Weblog and author of Conversations with the Future: 21 Visions for the 21st Century. We discuss advances in AI, the singularity, whether western political leaders appreciate how fast technology is evolving and the global transhumanist movement.

You can buy Danaylov’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4QF7GU/ref=as_li_qf_sp…5f50cf0e90

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‘The Case for Colonising Mars’ — Robert Zubrin interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/04/the-case-for-colonising-mars-robert-zubrin-interview Sun, 12 Apr 2020 14:02:19 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/04/the-case-for-colonising-mars-robert-zubrin-interview

An interview I did on my transhumanist focused channel with Robert Zubrin, head of the Mars society, about the case for human space colonisation, his work with Elon Musk and how becoming a multi-planet species will affect human civilisation. Very grateful for any subscriptions!


I interview Robert Zubrin, founder of The Mars Society and author of ‘The Case for Mars’ and ‘The Case for Space’ on human exploration and colonisation of Mars, the likely role played by private enterprise (SpaceX etr) vs national programmes and what a future Mars settlement could look like.

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A Transhumanism future? — Anders Sandberg interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/03/a-transhumanism-future-anders-sandberg-interview Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:42:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/03/a-transhumanism-future-anders-sandberg-interview

I interviewed transhumanist thinker Anders Sandberg, research fellow at Oxford Universities Future of Humanity Institute. We discuss how the global transhumanist movement has changed, the potential political impact of technological revolutions and the debate around cryonics. Fairly new channel so very grateful for any subscribers smile


My interview with Anders Sandberg, a prominent transhumanist thinker and research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.

We discuss how the transhumanist movement has changed, how it should engage in politics, whether pre-natural death cryogenics should be allowed and how long humans could live for amongst other things. Hope you enjoy!

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FM-2030 film ‘2030’ — director Johnny Boston interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/03/fm-2030-film-2030-director-johnny-boston-interview Wed, 04 Mar 2020 03:02:28 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/03/fm-2030-film-2030-director-johnny-boston-interview

I interviewed the director of recently released movie ‘2030’, about the life of transhumanist pioneer FM-2030, about his film and what it was like knowing FM-2030 personally — full video here:


My interview with Johnny Boston about his film 2030, which focuses on the life of FM-2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary) — a noted transhumanist and futurist thinker.

The documentary is available on multiple platforms including Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/2030-FM/dp/B0851TX933?tag=lifeboatfound-20

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Can humans defeat ageing? Aubrey de Grey interview https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/02/can-humans-defeat-ageing-aubrey-de-grey-interview Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:22:19 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/02/can-humans-defeat-ageing-aubrey-de-grey-interview

I interviewed Aubrey de Grey from the SENS Research Foundation about the fight to eliminate ageing in humans, why he believes the first 1,500 year old human has probably been born and the transhumanist movement. Trying to grow the channel (on futurism/transhumanism) so please do sub if this is of interest.


I interview biologist Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation, about whether humans can overcome ageing (and therefore theoretically live for thousands of years). We discuss the obstacles to ending ageing, whether the first 1,500 year old human is currently alive and the transhumanist movement. Oh and I say longitudinal rather than longevity escape velocity which was a little embarrassing!

Aubrey is also VP of New Technology Discovery at AgeX Therapeutics and author of ‘Ending Aging’.

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