Lara Lewington

But there are so many brilliant events now in this space.

I think in the health and longevity field, finally, there are lots of get togethers where they're talking about real science, really interesting stuff.

It's not the stuff on the fringes anymore.

Of course.

Well, for the past two decades, I've been covering technology, spent 15 years presenting the BBC's technology show, Click.

I've made numerous documentaries on health tech over the past few years for BBC, ITV, Radio 4.

And this all culminated in the writing of my book, Hacking Humanity.

Which is great.

It's a relief when you're this side of it.

And that's kind of the thing which needs to shift.

And we're increasingly getting the power to do that.

So I think, first of all, your question on longevity, because the word can cover lots of different things.

It can cover people doing extreme stuff, hoping they're going to live to 150 or whatever.

I'm not interested in that side.

I'm interested in the problem that exists right now, that there is a huge gap between healthspan and lifespan.

Women are spending a quarter of their lives in poor health, men 20%.

We need to close that gap.

And I think we have the AI and innovation to take us in the right direction to help us do that.

We're at the beginning of a journey but there is a lot that is becoming possible in ways it never has been before.

There is definitely a problem with modern life.