to make life meaningful in fact most of us don't even think about dying until it's too late so jeanne calment the longest ever living person on earth she died at 22 and her relatives are also known to live longer than average but at the end of the day is long life also a genetic thing something that we inherit. it is partially so people who live over 100 typically have a good set of genes a good set of longevity genes but we actually know that only 20 percent of our longevity is genetically pre-determined and the rest is up to us which is enormously power empowering we can live our life with exercise with a bit of hunger in our day is a good thing and perhaps these supplements will give us the boost so we can all look forward to living over 100 and perhaps one day many of us will make it to that age of 110 perhaps even beyond that. to live long enough to see that happen thank you so much for that interview was wonderful good luck with your future endeavors we were talking to david sinclair professor of genetics at harvard medical school discovering the causes of aging and prospects flynn jett