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title: North Korea, biotech and the promise and peril of extreme longevity
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## [North Korea, biotech and the promise and peril of extreme longevity](https://www.mike-walsh.com/podcast/jamie-metzl)

Posted by [Mike Walsh](https://www.mike-walsh.com/podcast/author/mike-walsh)

 Aug 27, 2017 3:19:35 PM

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I caught up with Jamie Metzl for a coffee in Bryant Park, New York. A fellow futurist, geopolitical expert and sci-fi novelist - suffice to say, we had lots to chat about. Jamie is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council, serves on the Advisory Council to Walmart’s Future of Retail Policy Lab, and even ran (unsuccessfully) for the U.S. House of Representatives. It seemed strangely appropriate that our topic of conversation - human performance and leveraging technology to live much longer - was with someone who himself completed thirteen Ironman triathlons, twenty-nine marathons, and twelve ultramarathons.

 

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