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Last reviewed: 02.07.2025

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According to scientists, a person can live for more than a hundred years, but under certain conditions, in particular, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition, etc. But experts from Google Ventures claim that the human body is designed for at least 500 years. This sensational statement was made by the head of Google Ventures, Bill Maris, to the Bloomberg agency.
According to Maris, the development of biomechanics and a breakthrough in medicine will give a person the opportunity to live up to 500 years. He also noted in his interview that Google's investments are currently associated with start-up companies that are engaged in research activities in the field of genetics, diagnostics of diseases, including oncological ones, so the company has all the necessary tools for studying life, which will allow the most daring and incredible plans to be realized.
Bill Maris studied neurobiology at Duke University in North Carolina, a private research university. Recently, the professor has been leading several projects to increase human lifespan.
Google's new approach is that a person in the modern world, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and eating right, can live up to 120 years, but for further life he needs outside help, in particular, a new generation of machines, thanks to which a person's life can become endless.
As noted by experts working in this field, 500 years of human life on earth is a very realistic figure, but after scientists provide “digital immortality” to humans (digitization of the brain), some individuals will be able to live indefinitely.
In addition, the head of the investment division of Google Ventures noted that the company now has all the capabilities to do something big for science.
It is worth noting that Google Ventures is an investment division of Google. For almost six years, the company has been investing money in young companies (startup companies) that specialize in various fields (biotechnology, Internet technology, healthcare, etc.). Among the company's investment projects are also the Uber taxi service, Nest Labs, a manufacturer of thermostats for offices and homes, and Cloudera, a software developer.
Previously, the theory that a person would be able to live for several centuries was put forward by the inventor and futurologist from the United States, Raymond Kurzweil. As he noted, in several decades, a person will be able to ensure endless life for himself by developing new biological machines that will be compatible with the human body. According to him, in the near future, the level of development of neurobiology and computer technologies will reach such limits that it will not be difficult for specialists to preserve the functioning brain of one person forever, and the development of other areas of medicine will allow replacing diseased organs in the human body.
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