My conversation with Michael Levin, a biologist at Tufts University whose research explores bioelectricity, regeneration, morphogenesis, and how cells collectively process information to build and repair bodies.Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Causes and downstream effects of aging
3:31 - Bioelectric patterns and memory in regeneration
9:30 - Cracking the bioelectric code
12:10 - The boredom theory of aging
23:11 - The germline is ageless
25:45 - Bioelectricity and epigenetic reprogramming
27:15 - What experiment could falsify Mike’s ideas?
29:13 - The role of aging clocks and biological age
31:06 - Top-down control in biological systems
39:09 - Consciousness and its implications
48:25 - Changing human goals and preferences
51:30 - The future of medicine
