Presenter
Aaron King, Research Director at Foresight Institute
Aaron King has been involved in various longevity projects for the last 10-15 years. He has written overviews of the network of longevity organizations as well as the landscape of scientific pathways in pursuit of longevity. After growing tired of being marooned on a rock in the middle of the pacific ocean, he moved from Maui to Palo Alto to be closer to the hub of research and discovery.
Summary:
Aaron King, Research Director at Foresight Institute, briefly outlined the Foresight tech tree project. Foresight is developing graph database maps of neurotech, nanotech, intelligent cooperation, space, and longevity technology domains. The goal is to produce something akin to a graphical wikipedia to contextualize the progress being made in these future facing areas, with a high-level understanding of all the research and companies operating in each of these fields.