{"id":237610,"date":"2026-05-23T02:02:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/the-scientist-who-plans-to-end-aging-forever-aubrey-de-grey"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:02:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:39","slug":"the-scientist-who-plans-to-end-aging-forever-aubrey-de-grey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/the-scientist-who-plans-to-end-aging-forever-aubrey-de-grey","title":{"rendered":"The Scientist Who Plans To End Aging Forever \u2014 Aubrey de Grey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m7EGRkY8NPE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aubrey de Grey believes aging isn\u2019t inevitable \u2014 it\u2019s a solvable engineering problem. In this conversation, we explore why society treats aging as untouchable, how \u201clongevity escape velocity\u201d could allow us to live indefinitely, and why reversing damage\u2014not slowing it\u2014is the future of medicine. He breaks down how our medical system profits from sickness, and how progress is slowed by fear and outdated norms. The end of aging as we know it is coming and it\u2019s happening faster than you think. #preventativehealth #preventativecare #aging #health #medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Connect With Me: \/ tim.doy1e.<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<br \/> 00:00 How We Understand Aging.<br \/> 06:01 How Aubrey Found His Work.<br \/> 10:42 Longevity Escape Velocity.<br \/> 12:45 Not Being Controlled.<br \/> 15:11 Investor-Humanitarian Structure.<br \/> 16:51 Balancing Work With Publicity.<br \/> 17:26 Aubrey\u2019s Current Work.<br \/> 27:36 Getting Pushback &amp; The Medical System.<br \/> 33:11 Shifting To Preventative Care.<br \/> 36:14 What Has &amp; Hasn\u2019t Changed.<br \/> 41:52 Consciousness &amp; Aging.<br \/> 46:00 How To Popularize Ideas.<br \/> 48:10 The Future Of Aubrey\u2019s Work.<br \/> 50:58 Connect With Aubrey de Grey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aubrey de Grey believes aging isn\u2019t inevitable \u2014 it\u2019s a solvable engineering problem. In this conversation, we explore why society treats aging as untouchable, how \u201clongevity escape velocity\u201d could allow us to live indefinitely, and why reversing damage\u2014not slowing it\u2014is the future of medicine. He breaks down how our medical system profits from sickness, and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,38,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-engineering","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}