Jose Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente (@ArtirKel) joins Erik on this episode. He is currently at Twitter and is a researcher in several areas including the science of longevity.

They discuss:

- How science funding works currently and how it would work if he was redesigning the system.

- Whether progress in science is slowing down.

- His thoughts on GDP and how we measure innovation.

- Whether the FDA is too restrictive or too permissive.

- Healthcare costs in the USA, treatments with marginal benefits, and how a publicly-funded system triages patients.

- How to fight aging and improve longevity.

- The cultural problem with longevity research.

- Challenges and opportunities in education and potential solutions.

- His production function and why he puts bounties on his papers for others to find mistakes.

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