Reddit reviews The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death

It's reassuring to know that these tech billionaires really are afraid of death and that this is their motivation. This is because that motivation isn't likely to go away (until they cure death), and also because likely most tech billionaires will have the same fear and motivation to cure aging.

Has anybody read the book referred to in the article - Homo Deus? I wonder if the author's argument that Sergey Brin wont live to see aging conquered is a philosophical one (like John Gray's in 'The Immortality Commission') rather than scientific? https://www.amazon.com/Immortalization-Commission-Science-Strange-Quest/dp/0374533237

Well, Brin is 43 so 2 years younger than me. I believe the life expectancy of an average 43 y.o. American male right now is close to 80 or (37 more years of life). Given his wealth, his clear motivation to live as long as possible, and his access to the latest knowledge and science as to how to do so, I would suppose his life expectancy should be at least 85. So he has around a 50/50 chance of reaching 2060, given only current projections. With all the money and research being put into anti-aging, of which his efforts are a part, I would say it's quite pessimistic to state he wont live to see aging defeated by 2060.