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stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldn't be around us any more if they didn't. the mouse that didn't care about surviving wouldn't pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, that's part of our survival mechanism, if you like, that allow us to see the future, to generalise. and we're conscious...

A limited set of interests, or we would become terribly bored and fall into ennui. but that doesn't mean that applies to the real prospects of life extension of a few decades. but it is worth bearing in mind that, you know, hundreds of millions of people right now are already depressed. this is worth taking seriously. you know... ..there's an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food here's terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you want a larger portion of terrible food? i mean, we have hundreds... i like thejoke, and i get the...

This is worth taking seriously. you know... ..there�*s an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food here's terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you want a larger portion of terrible food? i mean, we have hundreds... i like thejoke, and i get the message. but there are equally many millions of people living around the world who are deeply depressed by the notion that, actually, before very long, they're going to die. and it gives them an overwhelming sense of the pointlessness of everything. hmm. life can be full ofjoy. and i...

Very long they are going to die and give them an overwhelming sense of the pointlessness of everything. sense of the pointlessness of everything-— everything. life can be full of d . everything. life can be full of dry. and _ everything. life can be full of dry. and l _ everything. life can be full of dry, and i think— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our— everything. life can be full of dry, and i think our priorities | dry, and i think our priorities should be to enable as many people as possible to live in full health for as long as possible, and so if the focus of thi...

Terribly bored and fall into ennui. but that doesn't mean that applies to the real prospects of life extension of a few decades. but it is worth bearing in mind that, you know, hundreds of millions of people right now are already depressed. this is worth taking seriously. you know... ..there's an old joke about two ladies in a canteen and one says, "the food here's terrible." and the other one says, "yeah, and the portions are so small." why would you want a larger portion of terrible food? i mean, we have hundreds... i like thejoke, and i get the message. but there are equally many millions o...