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Imagine if the greatest barrier to extending our healthspan isn’t our genetics, but rather our relationship with possibility itself.
The complexity of modern medicine reveals a stark paradox: we possess unprecedented medical knowledge, yet chronic lifestyle diseases continue to proliferate at epidemic levels.
My guest today is Peter Diamandis, a pioneering physician, founder of XPRIZE, and perhaps the world’s most audacious optimist. From his groundbreaking work with XPRIZE to his latest book, “Longevity Guidebook,” Peter is reframing aging from an inevitable decline into an engineering challenge. The core question is straightforward: Your behaviors are either moving you towards or away from health.
This decade—powered by AI, genomics, and cellular medicine—may transform our relationship with aging. Technological advances are accelerating at an unprecedented pace, potentially marking the most significant transition in human history. This newfound agency over our healthspan could mean the difference between embracing or missing critical opportunities.
Today, we explore the intersection of practical protocols and philosophical implications—drilling beyond technological moonshots to what truly matters. The most powerful interventions don’t cost money, but require something more rare: unwavering willingness. Every meaningful change begins with an internal spark.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”
– PETER DIAMANDIS
What happens when our collective relationship with mortality fundamentally shifts? We investigate how extended lifespans might reshape human experience, challenging our understanding of risk, decision-making, and potential.
Central to our exploration is the critical distinction between lifespan and healthspan. Our dialogue consistently returns to mindset—because, ultimately, no breakthrough matters if you can’t reimagine your potential. Without that perspective, you’re merely a passenger in a predetermined script.
Confronting “expert fatigue” in health innovation, we separate substantive insights from speculative noise. With countless voices competing for attention, how do we distinguish rigorous science from premature extrapolation?
Peter’s vision transcends technological promises. The real revolution? Understanding that longevity begins with intentional daily choices—diet, exercise, sleep, and mindset. Whether we achieve “longevity escape velocity” matters less than how these ideas can transform our approach to living.
For those who prefer a visual experience, the conversation is available on YouTube. As always, the audio version streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
This conversation offers a roadmap to a more intentional life—revealing both innovative possibilities and the critical choices that genuinely propel us forward.
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- Connect with Peter: Instagram | X | Website
- Book: Longevity Guidebook: How to Slow, Stop, and Reverse Aging – and NOT Die from Something Stupid
- Podcast: Moonshots
- TED: Talks by Peter Diamandis
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- Business Insider: A startup that wants to use stem cells to keep us living longer just raised $200 million
- CNET: Celularity turns to placenta stem cells to try to extend life
- Entrepreneur: 100 Is The New 60: The Transformation Of Healthcare
- The Hustle: Celularity raises $250m to use stem cells to rebuild our aging bods
- Business Insider: The tech entrepreneur turning science fiction into reality teaches his kids 3 lessons to help them dream big
- The Guardian: Peter Diamandis: ‘In the next 10 years, we’ll reinvent every industry’
- Forbes: Peter Diamandis Is The Author Of Technology’s Future
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