“Immortality will cost you ten euros”

✅ Introduction to our episode 23 with José Cordeiro. ✅ Why technological optimism is rational. ✅ Detailed show notes. ✅ Punch cards and caca. ✅ Why longevity escape velocity may be closer than we think.

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Hilarious, brilliant and deadly serious: José Cordeiro's quest to defeat death

This is our first - and probably our last - episode where the guest has brought with him an actual punch card and proceeds to explain why it is, in fact, caca (which is Spanish for 💩, by the way).

Welcome to the wild world of futurist José Cordeiro. Stick around and you might hear anecdotes about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Memphis, late-night karaoke sessions, and a man shouting “immortality!” to anyone and everyone.

But behind the eccentric props and the shameless self-promotion (José didn’t just bring punch cards - he also brought his books, his merch, and his signature Death of Death tie - to the point where we had to clarify we’re not actually sponsored), there’s a deadly serious mission: José wants to end aging and defeat death.

A futurist, MIT-trained engineer, and bestselling author, José Cordeiro argues that humanity is on the brink of longevity escape velocity - the moment when medical advances will start adding more years to our lives than time takes away.

In this episode, we explore his bold predictions, from reversing aging by 2045 to launching a global “war on aging”.

We cover the science, the politics, the money, and the wild optimism driving the longevity movement - with cryonics, Martians, and €10 immortality claims all making appearances.

This might be our strangest - and most fascinating - conversation yet. Buckle up.

In this episode you’ll learn about:

✅ Why longevity escape velocity may be closer than we think.

✅ How AI will aid longevity.

✅ Why technological optimism is rational.

✅ How the Covid pandemic was a relatively minor pandemic.

✅ How the concept of work will change.

✅ What the future of energy may be.

✅ A personal history of Marvin Minsky, Ray Kurzweil and José Cordeiro.

✅ Where to meet Cordeiro and demonstrate against aging.

✅ Why immortality is probable by 2045.

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