Peter Diamandis Reveals How Close We Are to Practical Immortality

The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa

Peter Diamandis is a visionary entrepreneur, futurist, and longevity advocate helping humanity extend its healthspan and thrive in an era of exponential change. He is the founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, Singularity University, and Abundance360.

In this episode, we dive into what Peter calls the "longevity mindset"—a way of thinking that replaces fear with purpose, and scarcity with abundance. He explains why we may reach longevity escape velocity by 2030, how AI is revolutionizing diagnostics, and what it will take to close the gap between lifespan and healthspan for everyone.

With the upcoming semifinalists being announced, we also explore Peter’s most ambitious initiative yet: The $101 million Healthspan XPRIZE, a global competition launched by the XPRIZE Foundation aiming to reverse biological aging and extend healthy years of life by at least 20 years, with 603 teams already racing toward this moonshot.

Expect to learn:

• What it really means to reach longevity escape velocity—and why it could happen this decade

• The mindset shifts that add not just years to your life, but vitality to your years

• How Peter is mobilizing 603 global teams to reverse aging through the Healthspan XPRIZE

• The reason most of us self-limit our lifespans—and how to break free

• Why optimism and purpose are two of the strongest predictors of longevity

• How AI is accelerating biological breakthroughs faster than ever imagined

• Why Peter believes aging is the biggest disease of all—and one we can overcome

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🎙 Hosted by Julian Issa
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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

2:06 Finding purpose: Why Peter was born

3:45 Peter’s four “Massive Transformative Purposes”

6:12 What is longevity escape velocity?

9:10 The case for living to 150+

12:45 Why the next decade will transform aging

15:20 What the Healthspan XPRIZE is really aiming for

18:22 AI’s role in reversing aging and saving lives

21:00 How Fountain Life is creating 200GB health uploads

25:00 Gene therapy, affordability, and access

28:00 Common pushbacks: overpopulation, boredom, inequality

32:00 Why optimism adds 15% to your lifespan

35:00 What Peter teaches his children about the future

38:00 Mindsets that matter: exponential, abundance, purpose

41:00 Daily habits and mental frameworks for longevity

44:00 Education, AI, and the future of learning

47:00 2030: A world with humanoid robots and extended healthspans

50:00 How to get involved with XPRIZE

51:30 Closing thoughts