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“Your luck is always derived from the number of attempts that you undertook.” -Sergey Young

Sergey Young views aging as a condition that can be cured. His mission is to help 1 billion people live a happy and healthy 100 years.

Sergey is the author of a new book – The Science and Technology of Growing Young, and founder of the Longevity Vision Fund – the world largest longevity focus investment fund.

Due to a couple health crisis, Sergey started healing himself and becoming more aware of his health, but it was when he helped save several peoples lives by pushing them to get tested for early stage diseases, that he really committed fully to his Longevity mission

I this episode he talks about some of the research in his book – what are the easy things we can do now to ensure we live long enough to take advantage of technologies that are coming 10-25 years in the future

We also go in depth into the question – what are the ethics of living to 200? Why don’t most people want to live that long when polled?

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to live to 200 years old
• How the world of startup investing works
• The Ethics of Longevity
• What are the best passive longevity hacks?
• What technologies will help us live longer?

Quotes

“Sometimes we make decisions which we think it would be fine for us but statistically shorten our lifespan. For example: People are more likely to die from motorcycle accidents with the rate of 17 times in comparison to a car accident.” -Sergey Young

“[Self-driving cars] is going to be available to us in the next 3-5 years whether we want it or not.” -Sergey Young
“90% of death after turning age of 50 is due to killer diseases.” -Sergey Young
“If you want to influence a big number of quality and quantity of your years, you just have to be preventive.” -Sergey Young
“It’s 20 times cheaper to treat cancer at [an early stage] rather than going to these emergency reaction and procedures.” -Sergey Young
“The paradigm of the current medicine is just really symptomatic; very reactive.” -Sergey Young
“We live in a very unique intersection of scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs.” -Sergey Young
“I’m a longevity enthusiast but I’ve been delaying my colonoscopy for two years and hated the whole idea and it’s expensive.” -Sergey Young

“The US has the most expensive and the most ineffective healthcare system in the world.” -Sergey Young
“Changing your lifestyle in combination with early diagnosis and preventive medicine can [potentially] add 50 years into your life.” -Sergey Young

“I asked ‘what’s the alternative?’ and [the health care workers] didn’t want to tell me that.” -Sergey Young
“I was so surprised that our body have an amazing capability to heal itself from certain diseases.” -Sergey Young

“I pushed so many people to do their annual checkups; a few of them discovered early stage cancer.” -Sergey Young

“I’m in a very unique position; I’m the founder of one of the very few longevity-focused funds in the world.” -Sergey Young
“Right now, 17,000 people are on the waitlist for their donor liver.” -Sergey Young
“We work with a lot of the big names in the world like Elon Musk.” -Sergey Young
“I received a lot of ‘no’ before I received my ‘yes’.” -Sergey Young
“Your luck is always derived from the number of attempts that you undertook.” -Sergey Young
“To be brave is not like you don’t have fear; it is to accept your fears and ignore them.” -Sergey Young
“If you are not receiving a lot of NO’s, you are not trying hard enough.” -Sergey Young
“The rule of life: You need to share the best of you.” -Sergey Young
“[When I had a Russian Last Name} Every time I arrived in the US, they asked me ‘tell me about sanctions and politics’.” -Sergey Young

“It’s time to take responsibility and control of our health.” -Sergey Young

Continue the adventure:

Sergey Young‘s Website

The Science and Technology of Growing Young

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