LONGEVITY NEXUS

Longevity research has shifted from extending lifespan to escaping death entirely. Aubrey de Grey's Longevity Escape Velocity proposes that we'll soon extend life faster than time passes, creating effective immortality. Rapamycin, an immunosuppressant found on Easter Island, extends lifespan in every species tested. NAD+ precursors like NMN aim to reverse cellular aging at the molecular level. Senolytics clear zombie cells that accumulate with age. And cryonics offers a different path entirely — saving the self as information, stored at -196°C, waiting for a future that can read it back. Each approach treats aging as a solvable engineering problem. Together, they form a roadmap to the first post-human future.