Kris Borer

Radical Life Extension: Technological Strategies to Defeat Aging

Today I’m releasing a new book called Radical Life Extension. It explains what aging is and explores technologies that could help slow or reverse the process. Aging is the leading cause of death, so it is a very urgent and important problem, assuming something can be done about it.

People have developed a number of strategies for extending human lifespan. Most of them won’t work, but a few strategies stand out as not only possible, but feasible within the lifetimes of people living today.

The current best contenders are biostasis, replacement, and advanced bioengineering. Biostasis means pausing the death process with cold temperatures or chemicals so that someone might be saved by future technology. Replacement means getting cell and organ transplants to rejuvenate the body. Bioengineering means using powerful gene therapies to rewrite human biology.

Free Radicals

I was recently a guest on the Free Radicals podcast where Daniel Shur, Eric Dai, and I discussed peptides, replacement, biostasis, and even anarcho-capitalism. You can watch the recording below:

2026 Vitalist Bay

I was invited to speak at Vitalist Bay this year and really enjoyed the event. My talk was a 20-minute introduction to replacement strategies for radical life extension, which you can watch below.

Solving Aging Requires Radical Technology

Adam Gries and I were invited as guests on the No-Nonsense Nerds podcast to discuss the longevity strategies for radical life extension. If you want a two-hour deep dive on different strategies for extending healthy human lifespan, you can view the recording below.

Replacement Technology for Radical Life Extension

The Foresight Institute invited me to give a talk about the potential for replacement technology to reverse aging. You can see the recording below:

If you have any questions, or would like to get involved, please let me know.

the prospects for solving aging with bioengineering

Malav Trivedi and I were wondering how long it might take to find bioengineering solutions that can reverse aging enough to keep people from aging to death. Below is our sketch of one possible timeline we worked out for the Longevity Biotech Fellowship.

2060 Longevity Forum

I was invited to speak at the inaugural 2060 Longevity Forum and had a great time meeting everyone. Many thanks to the 2060 Foundation for hosting the event. My talk was a 10-minute overview of the Longevity Biotech Fellowship‘s Longevity Acceleration Roadmap, which you can watch below.