Brian Manning Delaney (born 1965 in
California
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) is a venture investor and researcher in the biogerontology space. Delaney is a partner at the longevity biotech venture fund Emerging Longevity Ventures. Previously he was a philosophy professor and translator of the works of Hegel. He divides his time between
Stockholm
Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...
and the U.S.
Delaney is also one of the founding members of the
Swedish Hegel Society (Svenska Hegelsällskapet), and is on the editorial board of ''
Site Magazine''. His articles for ''Site'' have focused on German philosophy as well as on European attitudes towards the U.S.
His and Sven-Olov Wallenstein's Swedish translation of
Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a 19th-century German idealism, German idealist. His influence extends across a wide range of topics from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political phi ...
's ''
Phänomenologie des Geistes'' (in Swedish: ''Andens Fenomenologi'') was published in September, 2008. His translation of ''Den andra födan'' (English: ''As a Weasel Sucks Eggs''), by Daniel Birnbaum and
Anders Olsson, was published by Sternberg Press in October, 2008.
In April 2009, the
Swedish Academy
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awarded him a special honor for his work on the translation of the ''Phenomenology of Spirit''.
His earliest research was in artificial intelligence, working first with Paul Cohen at the University of Massachusetts, then as an undergraduate with Eugene Charniak at Brown University.
[Foreword, The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, volume III, by Cohen, Paul R; Feigenbaum, Edward A.]
Work in Biogerontology
Delaney founded the Usenet group
sci.life-extension, and cofounded, with Lisa Walford, Roy Walford, and others, the
CR Society International. He recently co-authored a popular science book on modulating the
aging
Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming Old age, older until death. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi; whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentiall ...
process, ''
The Longevity Diet''.
More recently, he has worked closely with
William Faloon
William "Bill" Faloon (born 1954) is an author, life extensionist, and co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation, the Church of Perpetual Life, and the FDA Holocaust Museum.
Early life
Faloon was born to a Presbyterian family and at age 8, was t ...
on a number of projects. He and Faloon cofounded Vitality in Aging Research Group. He is currently president of Age Reversal Network, founded by Faloon.
In 2020, he joined the
Rapid Deployment Vaccine Collaborative (RaDVaC).
External links
Site MagazineSwedish Hegel SocietyInfinite Faculty ProductionsDie Grosse LiebeEmerging Longevity VenturesVitality in AgingRaDVaC
References
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1965 births
Living people
Life extensionists