The Science and Technology of Growing Young: An Insider's Guide to the Breakthroughs that Will Dramatically Extend Our Lifespan . . . and What You Can Do Right Now

Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller The prospect of living to 200 years old isn’t science fiction anymore. A leader in the emerging field of longevity offers his perspective on what cutting-edge breakthroughs are on the horizon, as well as the practical steps we can take now to live healthily to 100 and beyond. In The Science and Technology of Growing Young, industry investor and insider Sergey Young demystifies the longevity landscape, cutting through the hype and showing readers what they can do now to live better for longer, and offering a look into the exciting possibilities that await us. By viewing aging as a condition that can be cured, we can dramatically revolutionize the field of longevity and make it accessible for everyone. Join Sergey as he gathers insights from world-leading health entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, and inventors, providing a comprehensive look into the future of longevity in two horizons: • The Near Horizon of Longevity identifies the technological developments that will allow us to live to 150—some of which are already in use—from AI-based diagnostics to gene editing and organ regeneration. • The Far Horizon of Longevity offers a tour of the future of age reversal, and the exciting technologies that will allow us to live healthily to 200, from Internet of Bodies to digital avatars to AI-brain integration. In a bonus chapter, Sergey also showcases 10 longevity choices that we already know and can easily implement to live to 100, distilling the science behind diet, exercise, sleep, mental health, and our environments into attainable habits and lifestyle hacks that anyone can adopt to vastly improve their lives and workplaces. Combining practical advice with an incredible overview of the brave new world to come, The Science and Technology of Growing Young redefines what it means to be human and to grow young. Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword: The End of Aging Is Near by Peter H. Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil Chapter 1: Life at 200—How and When Technology Will Enable Us to Live Longer Than We Ever Thought Possible Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil Why This Book Chapter 2: Defining Longevity—The Three Dimensions of Longevity Impact and the Two Horizons of the Longevity Revolution What Is the Secret to Living Longer? First—Do Not Die Breaking the “Sound Barrier” of Lifespan Turning Back Time, and Growing Young The Near Horizon of Longevity: Living to Be 150 Years Old The Far Horizon of Longevity: Living to Be 200 Years Old—or More The Current Day: How to Live Long Enough to Live Forever Chapter 3: The Longevity Revolution—The Three Most Popular Myths About Longevity, and the Four Technological Shifts Blowing Them Apart Myth 1: “Living More Means Living Less” Myth 2: “Longevity Is Dangerous and Selfish” Myth 3: “Life Extension Is Not Really Possible” The Genetic Engineering Breakthrough The Regenerative Medicine Breakthrough The Health-Care Hardware Breakthrough The Health Data Intelligence Breakthrough Chapter 4: What Is Aging, Anyway?—The Colorful Theories of What Causes Aging, and Why They May Not Even Matter Theories of Aging Entering a New Era of Aging The Hallmarks of Aging Age Is in the Eye of the Epigenome Technology as Timekeeper Age Is Just a Number The Near Horizon of Longevity Chapter 5: DIY Diagnostics—How Wearable, Portable, Embeddable, and Ingestible New Technologies Will Deliver Early Diagnosis and Radically Reduce Disease and Death Diagnosis Is in a Deep Crisis Diagnostics Become Noninvasive and Highly Affordable Diagnostics Go DIY A Look into the (Near) Future of DIY Diagnostics Data Are at the Center of Diagnostics Chapter 6: Precision Medicine—How Health Data and Artificial Intelligence Are Turning the Practice of Sick Care into the Science of Health Care Getting Personalome AI to the Rescue The Promise of Precision The Doctor Won’t See You Now The Power of Virtual Connection Your Data or Your Life The Health-Care Landscape It Is A-Changin’ Chapter 7: Engineering Our Genetic Code—How Human Genome Sequencing Is Paving the Way for Radical New Technological Advances in Health Care and Longevity Sequencing the Human Genome Making CRISPR Work of Gene Editing Altering the Genes Inside Your Body’s Cells Could This Be the End of Cancer? Engineering Longevity Genes The Future of Gene Engineering Opening Pandora’s Box Chapter 8: Your Body 2.0—Stem Cell Therapy, Organ Replacement, and Bionic Augmentation Offer the Possibility to Regenerate Damaged and Aged Bodies—and Create New Ones! Back to the Future: Stem Cell Therapy Oh, If I Only Had a Heart . . . The Six-Million-Dollar You New (and Old) Ideas in Regeneration A Whole New You? Chapter 9: Longevity in a Pill—Why It’s Illegal to Die of Old Age and How Reversing Aging Is Set to Change the Way We Grow Old Special Delivery—of Drugs Here’s to Your (Mitochondrial) Health Longevity Out from Under a Rock A Sweet Discovery from the Middle Ages Out with the Old, In with the New Peptides and Vitamins and Supplements (Oh My!) Pharma Is Getting Faster and Smarter Changing the Politics of Old Age The Far Horizon of Longevity Chapter 10: Living Beyond Age 200—The Quantum Leaps That Will Allow Humankind to Achieve Extreme Longevity The Logical Case for Longevity Extreme Longevity Meets Technical Inevitability Man and Machine Become One Going Beyond This Mortal Coil Chapter 11: The Morality of Immortality—How the World Needs to Change to Be Ready for the Twenty-Second Century Immortal Life, Endangered Planet The Morality of Immortality Growing Older—and Wiser Bonus Chapter: Who Wants to Live Forever?—The 10 Attitudes, Habits, and Choices You Need to Make to Take Advantage of the Longevity Revolution—Now 1. You Better Check Yourself 2. Quit Your Bad Habits 3. Don’t Do Dumb Things 4. Eat Early, and Less Often 5. Let Food Be Thy Medicine 6. Supplement Your Nutrition 7. Get On Up! 8. Make Sleep Your Superpower 9. Mindfulness over Matter 10. Think and Grow Young Acknowledgments About the Author Notes Index The prospect of living to 200 years old is not science fiction anymore. Young cuts through the hype, showing readers what they can do now to live better for longer, and offering a look into the exciting possibilities that await us. He showcases longevity choices that we already know and can easily implement to live to 100, distilling the science behind diet, exercise, sleep, mental health, and our environments into attainable habits and lifestyle hacks that anyone can adopt to vastly improve their lives and workplaces. -- adapted from jacket "Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a mission to extend healthy lifespans of at least one billion people. To do that, Sergey founded Longevity Vision Fund to accelerate life extension technological breakthroughs and to make longevity affordable and accessible to all"-- Provided by publisher