I’ve had fun drawing a cast of characters for my book, 1 per day. Guess Who I Am # 11: My work on information preservation led to the internet, but I never imagined my concept of the “observer” would be useful for reversing the aging clock #longevity #MIT lifespanbook.com 
, @cpannetie is correct. This is Claude Shannon — an American mathematician, electrical engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory."
Shannon's work was essential to the allied war effort in World War II, particularly in the fields of codebreaking and secure telecommunications.
So what does codebreaking have to do with aging? A lot, as it turns out...
After all, WE are code!
Shannon’s research was intended to improve the robustness of electronic and radio communications between two points. But he discovered about preserving and restoring information can be applied to aging.
I'll go into this is substantial detail in my new book, Lifespan... lifespanbook.com
... but would you like a short sneak peak?
