I was invited to present the Longevity Biotech Fellowship‘s roadmap at Infinita City and had a great time hanging out with everyone. The original recording is here but, in the video below, I’ve added the presentation slides for clarity.
If you have any questions about longevity technology, investing, or how you can help, please let me know!
I was invited to speak at the Libertarian Scholars Conference this year and gave a short presentation on Michael Huemer‘s paper Lexical Priority and the Problem of Risk. Here is the video:
I saw quite a few excellent presentations during the conference, so you can look forward to reading some fun papers when they are published later this year.
My friend Simon just revealed to me that he secretly published a Czech translation of The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism last year. He tells me that the translator understands the subject well, so I’m hopeful that Czech readers will enjoy it.
I recently attended the Longevity Frontiers Workshop, which was a fantastic event hosted by the Longevity Biotech Fellowship and the Foresight Institute. One of the highlights was an impromptu debate on the underlying mechanisms of aging between Jean Hebert and Vadim Gladyshev.
So, what is aging?
Continue reading “what is aging?”I recently learned about the Mtindo Network, an organization based in Uganda that promotes liberty and economic development through education. They asked for a digital copy of The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism so they could print physical copies to distribute in Uganda and neighboring countries.
Did I dare to give the layout and cover files to some random person on the internet? Absolutely.
It was nice to hear later that students from Uganda, Malawi, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were able to come together at the African Liberty Camp and learn about free markets, entrepreneurship, and other ideas that anarcho-capitalists hold dear. Hopefully this will lead to greater wealth and happiness in those and surrounding areas in the years to come.
The older you become, the more likely you are to get a variety of diseases: atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, etc. Part of the reason is that your cells and organs don’t work as well at advanced age. Your cells have more genetic damage, so they become cancers more frequently. At the same time, your immune system kills cancerous cells more slowly. These and similar mechanisms lead to a higher frequency of diseases in late-life, many of which are incurable.
What gives room for hope is the idea that the age-related diseases observed in older populations are the consequence of a relatively small set of underlying mechanisms. For example, if arterial plaques lead to both heart attacks and strokes, then we could address both problems by targeting plaques directly. In fact, it will be faster and easier to target these age-related changes to prevent disease, rather than trying to develop individual therapies age-related conditions after they occur.
Continue reading “the geroscience hypothesis”Today would have been Murray Rothbard‘s 97th birthday. It also happens to be the three year anniversary of the Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism. To celebrate, I’m releasing a free PDF version of the book.
Continue reading “free PDF of the Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism”Matt Wong invited me for an engaging, hour-long interview on Discernable. We covered a wide variety of topics including anarcho-capitalism, when to be afraid of technology, and what Michael Malice is like off camera. If you make it to the end, Matt asks me for the best argument against libertarianism and, admittedly, there is a strong one.
I was invited to speak at the Libertarian Scholars Conference this year and gave a short presentation on The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism. Here is the video:
Afterwards, Walter Block suggested that instead of describing actions as ethical or unethical, I should describe actions as being legal or illegal under a libertarian system of law. I received similar feedback from others as well.
Continue reading “Libertarian Scholars Conference 2022”Doug Stewart and Norman Horn invited me onto their podcast for an enjoyable discussion about libertarianism and The Ethics of Anarcho-Capitalism. Click below to visit to the show page:
Thanks to Jacob Lovell for making the introduction!
Kris Borer