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I'm not a billionaire and I'm not old, but I am so excited about anti-aging. I know Hacker News is super negative, but who doesn't want to live longer?! Of all the pain points humans experience, you'd think death lies pretty high on the list. Why are people fighting this?
Death is not the problem, the agony is.
I'm not a billionaire and I'm not old, but I am so excited about anti-aging. I know Hacker News is super negative, but who doesn't want to live longer?! Of all the pain points humans experience, you'd think death lies pretty high on the list. Why are people fighting this?
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If I was a billionaire I might start early, leaving it late just seems like poor planning.
Wasn't the first act of a Pharaoh traditionally to begin construction of their tomb?
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I sometimes talk about wanting to live forever and get weird stares. Are you joking me?? I want to hike every trail in the world. I want to climb every mountain. I want to play every video game. I want to beat the hardest raids in every expansion of WoW. I want to learn multiple langauges. I want to spend several years living in every biome. I want to learn all of the programming languages. I want to go back to schoo…
Not enough time? Perhaps, but forever is a long time. Quite possibly it's exactly our limited time that has us achieve great things. If you have all the time in the world why bother starting that business or learning that new skill today? Might as well start tomorrow ... I also find it at least a bit disturbing that WoW is so high on that list. Then again, if you have all the time in the world ...
How come none of the wealthy has tried the trick of getting blood transfusions from young people? That seemed to have a lot of hype behind it not too long ago.
(Source: my girlfriend worked in a lab studying young blood.)
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> real good by funding research Like the planet need humans to live longer???
The planet doesn't need billionaires, but there they are. Cue George Carlin.
All due respect to Mr Carlin, the guy was insightful and funny, but a solution he did not provide.
He made a lot of money out of pointing out what was wrong with the setup, a solution to the shithole we're in was not part of his schtick.
I love the man and will point people at his skit on 'save the whales' but nothing he's done or said changes shit.
He would be the first to admit that btw.
We're royally fucked.
I'm not a billionaire and I'm not old, but I am so excited about anti-aging. I know Hacker News is super negative, but who doesn't want to live longer?! Of all the pain points humans experience, you'd think death lies pretty high on the list. Why are people fighting this?
I sometimes talk about wanting to live forever and get weird stares. Are you joking me?? I want to hike every trail in the world. I want to climb every mountain. I want to play every video game. I want to beat the hardest raids in every expansion of WoW. I want to learn multiple langauges. I want to spend several years living in every biome. I want to learn all of the programming languages. I want to go back to schoo…
There's nothing wrong with your thinking. In my humble opinion it shows your personal desires without much concern for everyone else. I guess this is the rub I get from most people that extol the Silicon Valley dream of extending the lives*
*of those that will inevitably be able to pay for it.
I'm not a billionaire and I'm not old, but I am so excited about anti-aging. I know Hacker News is super negative, but who doesn't want to live longer?! Of all the pain points humans experience, you'd think death lies pretty high on the list. Why are people fighting this?
It's like playing a game with all the cheats on. Sure, they let you "win" super easily, but because it was super easy, it stops being fun.