THE VIDEO SHELF · aging and longevity
David Sinclair | Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To | Talks at Google
Harvard geneticist David Sinclair discusses his book Lifespan at Google. He covers the biology of aging, lifestyle interventions and possible future ways to slow or reverse it.
Why HN readers recommended it
Shared as the author's own hour-long overview of his aging research, though some commenters doubt that the book's claims hold up.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Talks at Google
- Topic
- aging and longevity
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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This is not a great article. It leaves out Dr. Sinclairs work, further developing discoveries by Dr. Yamanaka specifically around the four transcription factors (Oct3/4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-myc), turning any cells back into pluripotent stem cells. More important, leaving c-myc disabled, the cell reverts …
LinuxBender on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Scientist David Sinclair on why we age and why he thinks we don’t have to (2019)Seems like many people are new to this concept and feel skeptical so here are some useful resources: * Kurzgesagt: How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime? (7:20) [LINK] * Kurzgesagt: Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? (6:48) [LINK] * Why we should …
DrRobinson on Hacker News · 2020-12
In Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?
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