Why Living Past 115 Is Almost Impossible | Pushing Limits
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Today, more people are living past 100 than ever before — even though the maximum human lifespan hasn't moved past 115 years. But is that about to change?
"Pushing Limits" host Daniel T. Allen spent months talking to longevity researchers, biohackers, and centenarians. He also went through a battery of tests worth over $12,000 at a longevity clinic to find out how long he might live.
From FDA-approved drugs to cellular reprogramming to Bryan Johnson's $2 million "Don't Die" protocol, what could actually lead to radical human life extension?
Also read "Top biohackers share what they did to get hyper-healthy": https://bit.ly/45vXbhr
And "The $500 Spotify-backed longevity body scanner is coming to the US": https://bit.ly/4wzsovi
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Gompertz Law
05:04 - Longevity Clinics
08:11 - Test Results
11:32 - Longevity Drugs
15:20 - Behavior
19:30 - Pace of Aging
22:03 - Longevity Athletes
23:40 - The $2 Million Protocol
27:59 - Cellular Reprogramming
31:27 - Radical Life Extension
33:47 - What If We Make It?
35:56 - The End
36:46 - Credits
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Why Living Past 115 Is Almost Impossible | Pushing Limits | Business Insider
"Pushing Limits" host Daniel T. Allen spent months talking to longevity researchers, biohackers, and centenarians. He also went through a battery of tests worth over $12,000 at a longevity clinic to find out how long he might live.
From FDA-approved drugs to cellular reprogramming to Bryan Johnson's $2 million "Don't Die" protocol, what could actually lead to radical human life extension?
Also read "Top biohackers share what they did to get hyper-healthy": https://bit.ly/45vXbhr
And "The $500 Spotify-backed longevity body scanner is coming to the US": https://bit.ly/4wzsovi
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Gompertz Law
05:04 - Longevity Clinics
08:11 - Test Results
11:32 - Longevity Drugs
15:20 - Behavior
19:30 - Pace of Aging
22:03 - Longevity Athletes
23:40 - The $2 Million Protocol
27:59 - Cellular Reprogramming
31:27 - Radical Life Extension
33:47 - What If We Make It?
35:56 - The End
36:46 - Credits
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#longevity #agingscience #centenarians #thelimit #pushinglimits
MORE EPISODES FROM THE LIMIT:
Why Drilling To The Earth's Mantle Is Almost Impossible
https://youtu.be/ij61TLsjKD8
Why Fully Self-Driving Cars Are Almost Impossible
https://youtu.be/Kcq0tjmvGOs
Why A Mile-High Skyscraper Is Almost Impossible
https://youtu.be/9DaEmvKWsEA
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@ellenma970
What a bless to die at 82 and still have mama
2.3K likes
@bobbieblue1885
All these old people are living in nice old folks homes. Thus if you want to live long, be rich.
301 likes
@chrisisnice
My grandmother passed at 108 a couple of months ago. The goal is to keep moving.
1.2K likes
@AbhiBass96
The world ain't looking so good for me to be enticed to live that long, man.
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@0xTristan
I personally wouldn’t want to be over 90. Unless I was somehow still healthy and ambulatory, the daily care requirements just get more and more complicated as you age. I wouldn’t want to be a burden on others while contributing nothing back.
1.6K likes
@11alekon
just keep in mind that if everyone starts to live for 115 years, then the age at which you can retire would also increase. Imagen working until you are 80 years old
167 likes
@sygad1
quality of live is WAY more important than length of life, do something everyday that is worth talking about tomorrow
537 likes
@moiraoconnollain
So the 108 yo woman didn't suffer from the disease of poverty if her family had a cook. I think that IS something working in her favour.
238 likes
@SolarRoofTopK
I don't wish to live too long. I just want a good quality of life to the end. Happy and healthy.
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@annalockwood3021
My dad lived to 89 even with serious heart and mobility issues. Beyond a certain point his body stopped being able to heal itself, and he got so weak he couldn’t swallow his pain meds. His body was beyond ready to stop. Lots of powerful drugs kept him going far beyond the point at which his quality of life dropped below anything he would have wanted.
His end of life care instructions were clear and he never wavered about it, but the whole medical care industry is built on sustaining life regardless of the quality of life.
Without those instructions and good rapport with his primary care physician, he could have easily wound up doing a lot more suffering before the end. Dad kept thinking that he would just peacefully pass at home, but his medications prevented that. He lived until he couldn’t swallow his medications.
Whatever medical science has in mind, I think it is pretty clear that our lives will never be limitless, and that’s a very good thing.
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@user-ce3xn8cy6f
If I live past 115 years old I'm going to be so pissed.
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@Deangeloworldwide
It’s not how long you live but how well you live
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@Dell-ol6hb
My great uncle is 104 and still healthy and strong enough to walk on his own unassisted and largely takes care of himself. I think the biggest key for people hitting these advanced ages is to keep your body moving and active. Don’t let your family take care of all of your needs or your body will become weak and at those ages any kind of weakness can quickly spiral into death.
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@trincaogiovanni960
Like the first old lady said, she grew up rich. That's probably most of what you need to do to live long.
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@1985Seraphim
I don’t want to outlive everyone I’ve ever loved only to be 115 and alone.
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@nachot6592
I don't care about living more; I care about having a good quality of life and healthy and dignified last years.
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@interestsavvy6813
Living to 115 in this economy. Lord just do me already
168 likes
@alexsandrarokas7117
I'm 77 and I outlived my two oldest children. Something is hollowed out of me.
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@JohnSmith-op7ls
Don’t pay $10k-20k for these medical work ups.
You can fly to a place like Japan, Thailand, or Korea, have a nice vacation, and get all the same medical work ups for $10k. And that’s with having a nice week vacation after the 4-5 hours you spend doing the tests and scans
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