Episode 76: Longevity
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Looking Outside is for curious people looking for a fresh take on familiar topics, in business and beyond.
For over two decades, Germany's most demanded futurist, Sven Gabor Janszky, has been gathering business leaders across Europe, exposing them to the 'rulebreaking' ideas that are changing our world. In the 24th edition of this event, Sven sits down with Looking Outside host (and international keynote at the congress) Jo Lepore, to discuss the science behind finding breakthrough ideas, particularly those in longevity. Through his scientific research, and his venture capital, Sven has seen how breakthroughs in organ preservation, gene engineering and bio-matching are already extending our life span. Now he's observing with curiosity how things like AI replicas and brain-computer interfaces will preserve our humanity even further. Sven says it might sound like science fiction but the signals of this future are already here. There is no way to slow them down, instead it is us who must catch up.
This is a live podcast, filmed at the Rulebreaker Future Congress in Leipzig Germany, May 2025. The event, hosted by 2b AHEAD, brings together "people whose ideas change the world".
To look outside (and connect to the present moment), Sven puts trust in the possibilities of the future. He believes the present is too fleeting to live in, because it passes you before you realize.
Sven Gábor Jánszky is Germany’s best-known futurist and chairman of the Leipzig-based 2b AHEAD ThinkTank, Europe’s largest independent institute for future research. For more than 20 years he has guided C-level leaders from DAX corporations and global brands in developing future strategies and innovation roadmaps, drawing on over 150 trend studies produced by his institute. Jánszky is the author of several influential books, including the management bestseller “Rulebreaker – How People Who Change the World Think”. Beyond research, he serves as an angel investor and founded the Rulebreaker Society to help executives translate future insights into disruptive business models.
Learn more about future scientist Sven Gabor Janszky & 2b AHEAD
Learn more on the Rulebreaker Future Congress & the Rulebreaker Society
Read Sven's research on the future of GenAI 2035 & Strategic Foresight 2035 & Space 2040 & Digital Humans 2035.
Connect with host, Jo Lepore on LinkedIn & X & jolepore.com
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