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“Aging Isn't a Law—It's a Fixable Problem”

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Title: Ending Aging
Author: Aubrey de Grey
Category: Health, Food & Nutrition

Aging isn't a law—it's a fixable problem. Sam and Sophie sit with Aubrey de Grey's radical claim that aging is just cellular damage we can repair, not an inevitable decline.

They break down the seven types of damage—cell loss, senescent cells, mitochondrial mutations, junk proteins, cross-linking, and more—and walk through de Grey's SENS repair strategies for each. The episode also covers Longevity Escape Velocity, the idea that science could one day add more than a year of life for every year we age, and why the biggest obstacle is our own acceptance.

If you've ever wondered whether aging could be cured, this episode gives you the core framework and a dose of hope. The takeaway: aging is a problem we can solve, and the first person to live to 1,000 might already be alive.

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Chapters

• 00:00 Aging as Cellular Damage
• 00:51 The Seven Types of Damage
• 01:21 Longevity Escape Velocity
• 01:55 SENS Repair Strategies
• 02:45 Objections and the Pro-Aging Trance
• 04:23 Takeaway: Aging Is Solvable

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