📖 What Is Longevity Escape Velocity?

Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) is a concept from the life‑extension field that describes a hypothetical point in time when medical advances extend a person’s remaining life expectancy faster than time is passing.

In other words:

For each year you live, science and medicine add more than one year to your expected lifespan.

If that rate of progress is sustained, you could theoretically “outrun” aging indefinitely — staying ahead of your biological decline.

To get there, we must stop seeing aging as an unstoppable force and instead view it as biological damage — damage that can be measured, targeted, and repaired.