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At the end of that one week? would you want to drink it again? that's much harder to say. why, if you've just had a great week because of the elixir, surely you'd want another great week, and another after that? i mean, his message, beyond the thought experiment, is that, actually, when you drill down into it, if you have a good life, why not want to prolong it for as long as you possibly can? well, i completely understand the impulse, and i'm all for creating a world in which as many people as possible can have that kind of life that they embrace. and that's why i'm very supportive of much of...

Who are ageing healthier and extending people's lives that way, i'd be very supportive. but life extension for a few while others are living a life of depression and debilitation wouldn't be right. your debate opponent in this book, john martin fischer, he asks you to indulge in a thought experiment. he says, you, stephen, "imagine that i have an elixir "which can, when you reach the age of 80, can prolong "your life by a week. "and at the age of 80, your life is good. "you're in good physical and mental health. "would you drink that elixir just to ensure "that for the next week you go "on liv...

John martin fischer, he asks you to indulge in a thought experiment. he says, you, stephen, "imagine that i have an elixir which can, when you reach the age of 80, can prolong your life by a week. "and at the age of 80, your life is good. "you're in good physical and mental health. "would you drink that elixirjust to ensure that for the next week you go on living that good life?" i hope i would. i hope that's what i'd want to do when i'm 80. you hope you would. so if you would drink it for one week, what would you do at the end of that one week? would you want to drink it again? that's much ha...

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...

I mean, his message, beyond the thought experiment, is that, actually, when you drill down into it, if you have a good life, why not want to prolong it for as long as you possibly can? well, i completely understand the impulse, and i'm all for creating a world in which as many people as possible can have that kind of life that they embrace. and that's why i'm very supportive of much of the research that's going into cellular rejuvenation and the other things that will help us to tackle the diseases of ageing. i hope these breakthroughs will come, but as a society, we need to think carefully ab...