{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6629115d6b51e80012e3a9ed/66be835a844d445153960e29?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode #6 - Professor John K. Davis","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6629115d6b51e80012e3a9ed/1724101010474-310cd2f6-b125-4cd2-b67d-63792884d592.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this podcast we are not only concerned with how we can prolong human life, but also whether it is a good idea, morally speaking.  </p><p>Professor John K. Davies of California State University in Fullerton. He has written a book called New Methuselahs - the ethics of life extension published by MIT Press in 2018. In it he defends the conclusion that life extension science should be promoted.</p><p>He has been quoted on life extension in interviews with The Daily Beast, Science News, Newsweek, The Financial Times of London, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Allure Magazine, among other places.</p>","author_name":"Peter Ottsjö"}