How are baby-boomers redefining old age?

How are baby-boomers redefining old age?

Aubrey de Grey (Chairman, Methuselah Foundation) gives expert video advice on: What are the 'seven deadly causes of human aging'?; How are baby-boomers redefining old age?; What do you consider an ideal lifespan? and more...

I think that especially in the United States there's very much more of a "can do" mentality about aging, about not just giving in, and accepting that aging is natural and that we just have to live with it and go quietly away. I think just as with so many other aspects of the American society but also many other societies this is something that people are willing to actually think about fighting. At this point of course there is still a certain amount of caution and pessimism with regard to whether such a fight will be successful in time to do anything for people who are already alive, but that's one thing I am going to change. First of all of course with coming up with the scientific answers to how we might go about this. Then also getting those answers more widely appreciated.