Lifespan

Lifespan by David Sinclair is an awesome book about how we can extend lifespan and the implication. Optimism abounds with Sinclair, but his research does keep him somewhat to the ground.

Archive note: These notes were published in 2020. Claims and figures concerning Sinclair’s speculative longevity and healthspan claims reflect the book and the review period; they have not been updated here.

For many later parts in the book (the speculative/extrapolations) it’s difficult for me to judge where we’re going. But I dearly hope that he is right and that we will be living much longer than our parents.

And yes, that is healthspan, not only lifespan. Or in other words, I want to live in a healthy body, not extend the last phase forever.

At the time, I also linked this longevity theme to my 2020 goals.

Here is another good summary.