The Technoscientific Rationality of Anti-Aging: A Bioethical, Epistemic, and Political Critique of Transhumanist Biocapitalism

The Technoscientific Rationality of Anti-Aging: A Bioethical, Epistemic, and Political Critique of Transhumanist Biocapitalism

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The promise of eliminating aging through technoscientific interventions reveals a network of economic interests, epistemic rationalities, and transhumanist narratives. This article critically examines how anti-aging is constructed as a technoscientific object within contemporary biocapitalism, prioritizing profitability and commodification of the body over ethical and social concerns. Through the case of Aubrey de Grey, it analyzes discursive strategies that simplify biological complexity to attract investment and legitimacy, while also exposing internal tensions in this rhetoric. The argument is that anti-aging technoscience cannot be separated from its historical, political, and economic conditions, and that it raises urgent challenges regarding epistemic justice, sustainability, and care. In response, the article advocates rethinking the direction of biotechnology through an ethics oriented toward the common good, beyond the logic of capitalist accumulation.

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Samuel Ricardo Espinoza Venzor, UNAM/UACH

Es maestro en Filosofía. Actualmente adscrito a la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México / Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. Sus líneas de investigación son: Bioética, Transhumanismo, Posthumanismo, Filosofía de la Biología, Filosofía de la Tecnología, Fenomenología, Filosofía del Cuerpo. Sus recientes publicaciones son: “Desafíos contemporáneos: El posthumanismo crítico como marco de acción frente a la problemática ecológica”, Revista Sarance (2024); “El movimiento transhumanista antienvejecimiento: fundamentaciones para un ecocidio”, En-Claves del Pensamiento (2025); “Fragilidad, Mortalidad y Vulnerabilidad en la Ontología de la Vida: Hacia una propuesta de Categorías Biontológicas”, Revista Sarance (2025).

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2026-01-06

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Espinoza Venzor, S. R. (2026). The Technoscientific Rationality of Anti-Aging: A Bioethical, Epistemic, and Political Critique of Transhumanist Biocapitalism: The Technoscientific Rationality of Anti-Aging: A Bioethical, Epistemic, and Political Critique of Transhumanist Biocapitalism. Valenciana, 19(37), 231–257. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v18i37.863

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Núm. 37 (2026): Valenciana, enero-junio 2026

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