Last December, transhumanist philosopher Max More became CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Alcor is the world’s leading human cryopreservation organization. The organization has nearly a thousand people signed up for its emergency responsibility list and over one hundred patients already in cryopreservation.
Dr. More joins other life extension researchers like Dr. Michael Rose in endorsing paleolithic nutrition and the paleo diet. In a recent interview on the site Singularity Symposium, the Alcor CEO described his change of mind when it comes to maintaining health. Max More used to believe in following a low fat diet with lots of whole grains. New research convinced him that the human genome operates best when the body lives in the way that early humans did.
Here is the relevant section of the interview with Dr. More:
