Ageless

The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

De: Andrew Steele

Narrado por: Andrew Steele

“A fascinating look at how scientists are working to help doctors treat the aging process itself, helping us all to lead longer, healthier lives.” —Sanjay Gupta, MD

Aging—not cancer, not heart disease—is the underlying cause of most human death and suffering. The same cascade of biological changes that renders us wrinkled and gray also opens the door to dementia and disease. We work furiously to conquer each individual disease, but we never think to ask: Is aging itself necessary? Nature tells us it is not: there are tortoises and salamanders who are spry into old age and whose risk of dying is the same no matter how old they are, a phenomenon known as “biological immortality.” In Ageless, Andrew Steelecharts the astounding progress science has made in recent years to secure the same for humans: to help us become old without getting frail, to live longer without ill health or disease.

A whole book just to repeat the same old healthy recommendations

A lot of technical stuff without practical ways to apply

In the last chapter the recommendations were just repeats of standard healthy living tropes (don’t smoke, exercise, lose weight, eat healthy, brush your teeth, go to doctor, lower sugar intake, etc)

I expected when I started this book to learn of practical new ways to increase health span. Anyone not already somewhat healthy wouldn’t have started reading this book to begin with.

Interesting to learn some of the reasons for aging and what science has and is learning - but outside of that - would not recommend

better living through evidence

So much useful information about how to live longer in good health. I am inspired.

Well worth your time

If you have an interest in the biology of aging You will love this book. Dr. Steele is a talented writer, able to break complex processes into palatable bites for the lai reader. He leases his narrative with humor and short entertaining back stories. Additionally he is a superb narrator.

Good performance and info

This was a very interesting listen, and provided some info that I was unaware of. That said, there are few if any prescriptive suggestions and little hope of extending life in any appreciable way for us oldsters. It does give hope that research is moving in that direction and that lifespans will eventually increase because of medical research. Some slightly gruesome experiments but really interesting conclusions.

Interesting but…….

Interesting but one massive flaw. It does not address the huge challenge that extending lifespan offers from a sociological perspective. Western societies can barely afford support for aging populations today. Unless there is a dramatic change in how societies support longer living populations (even healthier populations), the shaky edifice of society collapses. Pensions are already inadequate in many countries (esp the US). AI will likely remove countless jobs so how to support all these centenarians ++ would be a substantial challenge.

This book never even raises this issue.