Two people discuss whether aging can be cured in a decade, citing claims by Dario and Demis. Americans live to 78 but spend only 63 years healthy. The conversation weighs whether extending lifespan matters if those extra years aren't healthy.
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If you wanted to impact the US economy the most in a positive fashion, mm-hmm, uh, you would tackle aging. And it's really healthspan versus aging. Today in the United States, the average life expectancy is about 78, 79. The average health expectancy is 63. So the last 16 years of your life, you're in poor health. If you could move that needle up, give people an extra decade of health, an extra decade of productivity, it would transform Everything. A lot of folks believe aging is a disease that can be at least slowed, if not, if not cured. We had Dario say that he could imagine doubling human lifespan in the next 5 to 10 years. And Demis talking about curing all diseases within the next decade.
That, that is huge. I mean, I remember when, when I went to the first time Demis sort of told me, you know, cure all diseases in 10 years. I wasn't sure if he was kidding or serious. Are you serious? He was dead serious. Yeah. And I think he thinks it's possible with where AI is going.