The questions we answer
One question at a time, answered in public
Five questions decide what we build, what we track and what we publish. Each one gets a public answer with the evidence behind it, in this order.
Answered
What do we do, depending on how difficult we believe ageing is?
How should our strategy change depending on how complex we believe ageing to be?
Answered by the deck The Spectrum of the Fight Against Death: twelve levels of how hard ageing may turn out to be, from the most optimistic to the most pessimistic, and the strategy each level calls for, with the companies, the experiments and the money at every level.
Next
In which arena is the fight against death actually fought?
In which arena does the fight against death primarily take place?
The next question we take up. The answer is in preparation; the reasoning so far is on the question page.
In work
Which hypotheses do we test first, and who decides?
How do we choose which hypotheses to test first? And how is that decided?
In work. The reasoning so far is on the question page.
In work
Where exactly are the bottlenecks?
Where exactly are the bottlenecks? In science, money, culture, politics, or language? And how can we overcome them?
In work. The reasoning so far is on the question page.
In work
How does a culture come to care about one specific life?
How can we create a cultural pattern that encourages interest in extending the life of a specific person?
In work. The reasoning so far is on the question page.
Carry the decision into the research
A strategic question sets the direction. A scientific question identifies a specific uncertainty. Hypotheses propose explanations; an experiment tests their predictions. A result matters to the strategy when it changes what to do next.