#Life Extension

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#longevity#technology#life extension#venture capital

[realcleverscience]

I've been interested in radical life extension since first reading some Kurzweil books around 2007, nearly 20 years ago.

At the time, when I discussed the idea most people reacted like I was insane. Sooo... really glad to see this topic getting more attention and being taken seriously now. For instance, I believe there's an x-prize now for longevity, which indicates they think these are goals we can start to realistically achieve.

That's important bc obviously humanity has *talked* about radical life extensions for literally thousands of years. When DNA was being first understood in the early 1900s, people talked about extending life. When the human genome project began in the 1990s, again we spoke about potential healthspan breakthroughs. But decades have passed with little progress, so it's understandable why even those interested in the technologies and concepts might be disillusioned. Like fusion energy, it always appeared 30 years away... forever.

However, like fusion energy, we are achieving practical steps which make it seem like those goals are actually within reach now. For instance, while we've known about genes for a hundred years now, we are only *just now* starting to edit and manipulate them.

Aging is still not fully understood, but it seems primarily to function at the cellular level - things like DNA, RNA, mitochondria, and connections and communications between cells, etc. These are complex interactions and sciences, but we are reaching a point or unprecedented control at those levels.

Additionally, what the "perpetually 30 years away" attitude also misses is that the pace of scientific advances grows faster over time. "30 years" of scientific research in the early 1900s might be closer to 10 years of research today. This applies to the growth of AI in medical advances as well. Not only are AI capabilities growing dramatically each year; those AIs are helping us to unlock knowledge, materials, and abilities in other fields as well. (As mentioned, genetic-level medical interventions are finally happening, and there's an avalanche of research and breakthroughs happening.)

So it's certainly possible that I'm wrong, and that life extension techs will always be '30 years away', and I'm failing to appreciate that lesson of history... but I think there are *very* good reasons to think that we are close to breakthroughs. Which poses an important question for society:

Do you want to get old and die like your grandparents, continually weakening and growing increasingly ill till you die at around age 90?

Personally, I'd love to halt my biological aging, improve and extend my "health-span", and to live at least an extra 50 years to explore all the new amazing thing science will produce in that time.

We can be another generation that lives and dies and is forgotten, or we can invest in research to fight back the grim reaper and bring that '30 year' window closer to fruition.

What do you want?

p.s. Yes, there are important social issues tied to this that require important discussion and policy guardrails, etc. And yes, maybe not everyone wants to live for 1,000 years (and they wouldn't have to). That said, it's very rare to find someone excited about getting older, weaker, and dying.

[woman-of-the-walls]

Thoughts on Life Extension

I think the human race needs an additional 100 years of (healthy) lifespan. I honestly think it'd solve some of our problems and probably make us chill out in general.

The pressure to have children by 20 to 30 in most places would no longer exist. That is something you don't have to worry about until you're 50 or 60, by the time you are more wise to the ways of the world and you can avoid being trapped in a terrible relationship for the sake of the children.

The young would be much more reluctant to take part in wars, as there is far more life ahead of them. Artists and writers would have more time to create closer to their true potential. There'd be less reason to have a midlife crisis and the mad drive to accumulate enough savings for retirement would not be as pressing.

The memory of historical failures would stay around for far longer. Those who lived through the horrors of industrialisation, slavery and totalitarian movements would not let the young make the same mistakes. People would be harder to fool. Imagine if a politician tried to slag off unions in front of voters who were child labourers in 1900. Politicians will take long-term threats more seriously, because there's a good chance they'll be seeing the consequences.

At the same time, accidental death would be more frightening. We'd probably be a more cautious species - the effects of this would flow into many areas. Technological progress would slow from a furious boil to a reasonable simmer as society would have more time to think about the New Things critically and test them with greater rigour. Think of how many lives have been lost over the decades because we were blazé about Asbestos.

At the same time, there might be greater hierachy related to age. The young might have less of a say in society, as they are encouraged to gain more knowledge and experience first. Those who are close to the end of their lifespan might be treated worse, because this is a more distant prospect to most people. Though it might not necessarily turn out that way; since people live longer they are more likely to become disabled by accidents, so society puts more resources toward ensuring the disabled and eldrely can live full lives.

[williamvrex]

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[themachinethatdoeseverything]

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[wildcat2030]

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[cmweller]

Challenge #04274-K256: Second Time Around

I've been around for 200 years. As my old body grew weak and often ill, I saved everything I could and, with help from my mentor, got a new one. I still have a ton to learn. But the most important thing? I'm not as useless as I thought I was.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04196-k178-contractually-obligated-self-maintenance -- Anon Guest

Of all the universal truths, the biggest one I had to accept is, You can't learn everything in one lifetime. After a literal lifetime of training with Master Twii, there was still more to learn, more to do. More to improve.

...all so I never felt useless...

The B'Nari are always enthusiastic about helping people live their wanted lifespans. I chose organic rather than artificial. Artificial seems... kind of like cheating. My second life was a lot better. I didn't start with the same impediments that I had in my first life.

[Check the source for the rest of the story]

[not-terezi-pyrope]

Is "transhumanism" the tag you use for anti-deathism/death denialism or would you be open to tagging that specifically? (Asking for the purposes of filtering my dash, not meaning any offense). Thank you!

I don't know that I have a tag for that specific concept. If a post is about transhumanism I will tag it as that, and life extension is often a component of transhumanism. I actually don't like either of those two terms you mention. "Anti-deathism" sounds very silly, and "death denialism" sounds like one is denying that death exists, which is the exact opposite of the problem here lol.

That topic specifically I guess I would tag "life extension" or "immortality", but I am unlikely to remember to be super consistent, I tag mostly for my own convenience and don't usually take requests to stick to tagging a specific thing (I have an old "tagging policy" post from the Homestuck days talking about this).

[healerinchief]

This book right here is not only life changing for the better… it is life extending and even life saving in some cases. I’m so grateful my integrative MD recommended it to me. (I’m more than half way through in 3 days.) She runs a cancer center in a major hospital in the Bay Area helping people address the causes of their diseases with science-based natural medicine.

I consider this book a preventative for most people, but for some it may lead to that “miracle” they’ve been praying for. It not only helps understand the causes of many “incurable” diseases and chronic undesirable conditions increasing in recent years, but also how to eliminate them in as little as 2 weeks. The full protocol spelled out in the book is 9 weeks. If you don’t care for all the science you can skip those parts and simply implement what is suggested. It’s especially helpful for overcoming diabetes, obesity, asthma, allergies, and autoimmunity.

This book has helped me understand why eating healthy and exercising may not be enough for at least 50% of the population. It’s got me considering getting a Master of Science in Integrative Nutrition. This information has been a missing link in my understanding of creating and maintaining health, especially when concerning organic causes. I hope that one day soon the AMA will be more supportive of the findings presented in this book.

[kingtainorman]

This Machine Made Me Younger (Insane Results)

THIS is just the beginning. Efficient HBOT in combination with affordable nanotech WILL be the future of "medicine", both preventive and restorative.

[vampire-daybreak-underworlds]

Life Extension

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Life extension

[astramthetaprime]

Life Extension

The things one thinks about when driving to the grocery store, eh?

Life extension is a concept many are familiar with in a vague way pertaining to the outcome of the process -- a longer human lifetime. The usual scenario is that at some point medical science will crack the problem of physical death, which will allow either effective immortality or at the very least a greatly extended lifespan. Usually lifetimes are postulated in the hundreds of years, if not a thousand or more.

But it occurred to me that okay, let's assume the problem is solved and there is a treatment that ameliorates or reverses the decay of aging and life becomes indefinite. Sure, there would still be deaths from other causes such as vehicle collisions, violence, natural disasters, and so forth. But lives that avoid such would be at the very least two to three hundred years long.

But what if it's not cheap?

What if the insurance companies will not pay for it as it is in very high demand or it's not easily produced? What if it's prohibitively expensive at scale?

Now the question becomes, who pays for it?

Will it become a treatment that can only be obtained by the wealthy?

To me, this then becomes a human rights issue. It becomes a class issue, if the only people who can afford life extension are the wealthy. Who decides which life is more deserving, and on what criteria? The wealthy are not better human beings, the seeds of genius or innovation or compassion or productivity are inherent in all human animals. In that respect, the wealthy are no more deserving than a poor man in a third world country or a little girl on the back streets of Los Angeles.

We are all human. We are all deserving of long lives, we are all deserving of a chance to see a better future. We are all deserving of time to make something good of ourselves.

So what to do? Should the government step in and pay for the production of the treatment while leaving administration to the healthcare providers and insurance? It seems the only equitable way, and allows for the government to monitor production and ensure quality. It seems like it would be an industry just asking for fraud without close oversight.

Should it be required, on the basis of an extended lifespan means extended productive worker years and therefore a longer term of taxation or employer profits?

What if people wish to refuse the treatment on ethical, religious or moral grounds? How are they treated after, if everyone around them will be living to a thousand years or more? How do we treat mayflies? Which brings up an entirely other form of human rights issue, age discrimination in a new light.

As you can see, it's not a simple issue.

But the future isn't simple. It never has been, not when you bother to dig beneath the surface to the meat beneath.

I am interested to hear your thoughts.

[sokolygrandaananeva]

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