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There are plenty of psychological dilemmas when it comes to immortality, but the moral issues are unequivocal.
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Aubrey de Grey recalls how he was inspired by his single mother to pursue a scientific career at a young age.
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Aubrey de Grey’s worst career advice was to aim low.
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Aubrey de Grey is not a worrier—he is content to try to make a difference with his life.
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Aubrey de Grey explains why savoring small victories is the key to overcoming seemingly impossible challenges in science.
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Would an ageless society be a more humane society? Aubrey de Grey explains why he believes that, when we defeat aging, the world will band together to finally solve the […]
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There are no more major breakthroughs necessary to complete the quixotic human quest of achieving immortality, says anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey.
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Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey gives his advice on how to extend your life long enough to be around when scientists find the secret of immortality.
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Anti-aging expert Aubrey de Grey speculates about how an ageless society would operate differently than the world does today; expect changes in preferred careers and religion, but don’t expect a […]
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Radical life extension would have a huge impact on the economics of society—possibly a dangerous one. Aubrey de Grey explains why he remains optimistic that the economy would adapt well […]
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Aubrey de Grey says that cancer is humanity’s biggest impediment to defeating aging, but he has a plan for defeating the disease for good.
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Aubrey de Grey explains that his work on eliminating aging has encountered a surprising amount of criticism—and has also attracted an unlikely group of supporters.
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Annie Duke, winner of the 2004 World Series Tournament of Champions, believes money and emotional management skills set you apart from the competition.
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A conversation with the professional poker player.
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Aubrey de Grey has a problem with the concept of dying of natural causes; he contends that a “natural” death is really the result of a preventable “lifelong accumulation of […]
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General Electric chair and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate and trustee of the College, comments on the value of education—what he calls “the great equalizer.” His comments were […]
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Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School strategy guru, talks about one significant influence in his educational career—a student leadership position that led to business school and his entrance into academia. […]
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Brown University President Ruth Simmons talks about how the profound impact of one teacher in a high school course changed her life. Her comments were taped on Sept. 21, 2009 […]
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GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider “change” and “social change” separately is a “losing proposition.” His comments were taped on Sept. 21, […]
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Big Think sits with the Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University and author of “Nothing Was the Same.”
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The classic understanding of suicide casts it as reactionary measure against a particular event or outcome, but Kay Redfield Jamison argues that it is typically the result of the prolonged […]
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The author and professor of psychiatry, discusses the idea of death and her fear of ‘frittering away time.’
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After waking up from a coma after a suicide attempt, Kay Redfield Jamison realized that medication was her only remaining choice.
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What happens when life loses any semblance of stability and one is subject to waves of cosmic and sometimes terrifying hallucinations? For Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinically bipolar professor of […]
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Kay Jamison explains her willingness to discuss her husband’s last years, and how she was helped through her own grief by the work of other writers.
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Kay Redfield Jamison discusses how she and her late husband found profound delight in his final years as well as the commanding power of the grieving process.
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The CEO of Timberland, Jeff Swartz, gives a head to toe description of his outfit.
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