Dr David Sinclair - Defeating Ageing & Living Longer | Modern Wisdom Podcast 343

One great thing about staying young and living, living longer is that you outlive your enemies, and it makes life a lot easier. For me, I, I've never felt this good. I've never been this sharp. I've never been this happy. I'm not going to say I've never looked this good, but I certainly feel young and, and great with what I'm doing.

What was it you said? F- the limbic system.

Don't do what it says. Otherwise, all we'd be doing would be eating, sleeping, and having sex.

Yeah.

I know that sounds great, but you're not going to live that long, unfortunately, especially if you're doing them all at the same time. That's a really, really, really, really good question. No one's ever asked me that. But the answer is that ... (wind blowing)

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome back to the show. I am joined by Dr. David Sinclair. InStyle Magazine referred to you as a Sydney-born researcher who is a rockstar in the longevity field. In 2014, he was voted alongside the likes of Jeff Bezos and Beyoncé one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the world. David, welcome back.

Oh, boy. Thanks, Chris. What an intro.

(laughs) Beyoncé. Did you ever think that your work would take you into the, the echelons of Beyoncé?

Uh, I guess I, I dreamt about it. (laughs)

(laughs) It seems like you're everywhere at the moment. Are you? It feels like you are.

No.

You are everywhere.

I, I, I mean, I came out of, out of the, uh, pandemic, you know, with a rush. Uh, a lot of people wanted to see me. So that's why it feels like I'm everywhere. But, uh, no, I've been very quiet. Uh, even social media, I wasn't, uh, as active. But I'm certainly dying to be out there, um, communicating, talking about my next book. The old one's selling really well. So people want to hear what I have to say, so I don't mind being a, a scientific communicator 'cause right now there's a lot of BS out there in terms of information. And, uh, I think people like me need to step up.

You've hinted at the new book. What can you tell us about what it is?

Okay. Uh, so it's... I have to be careful not to give it away 'cause someone probably will bang it out and beat me to it. But it's a, it's a, a look at how did we end up in this world that we live in, that we've created, and the effect it's had on our bodies over the last six million years. Technology is great, but it also makes us weaker as a species, and many of us are living lives that are extremely unhealthy because of it. And we have to use the four traits of humanity that separate us from animals, uh, to get us out of this mess, uh, because they got us into this mess. Uh, and I'm talking about the fact that I'm sitting in front of bright lights, staring down a computer, sitting down. Uh, we're all eating too much too often. Uh, these things we've created, and, and it's beyond that actually. Our bodies have evolved to be pathetic because our technology has replaced the need for big muscles. Uh, and instead we look like a lollipop.