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Related: Fable of the Dragon Tyrant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY Ways to improve life expectancy:

by mLuby 7y ago

Related: Fable of the Dragon Tyrant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY Ways to improve life expectancy: A. keep children alive till adulthood (mostly done) B. keep adults disease-free/healthy (somewhat done) C. keep old people alive till natural death (little done) D. stop natural death (possible?) E. reverse aging (possible?) If natural death is just rolling constitution checks long enough to get a critical miss, then perhaps it's enough to complete C. If natural death is some sort of cellular countdown, it may suffice to stop the time, as in D. I think for most people, what they really want is not eternal life in a 90+ year-old body, but to be able to live in a young body, which necessitates E. It's interesting to consider scenarios where we accomplish some but not all of these, especially where C and/or D are possible but E is not.

LeanderK 7y ago
yeah, an interesting thought experiment would be a scenario where one could stop, but not reverse aging. The people young enough would probably stop at their prime, with the upper part of the society (those past their prime) being stuck in their respective age. I would look at life very, very differently if I would know that I would have a significant longer life-span. I would just chill and live more in the moment and not worry about time so much (I worry about time quite a lot right now, probably because a chapter in my life just (a day ago!) ended).
- mLuby 7y ago
  Agreed. Happy birthday!
  - LeanderK 7y ago
    Thanks, but near miss :) I moved cities to start my masters, so my chapter of living in karlsruhe (where I moved for my bachelors) is closed, especially since I won't be coming back. I have not done everything I've wanted, stayed longer than I've thought and left some things unfinished. If only there would be more time, but your twenties unfortunatly don't have more years in them than the other decades. I probably wouldn't have started my masters yet but instead take a break and do something crazy. Like move to berlin, try to survive as a DJ and maybe get into producing music. Maybe study some philosophy. I feel like some opportunities just rush by and some doors just slowly but steadily close. And you have to decide for one, maybe two.

by mLuby 7y ago

LeanderK 7y ago

yeah, an interesting thought experiment would be a scenario where one could stop, but not reverse aging. The people young enough would probably stop at their prime, with the upper part of the society (those past their prime) being stuck in their respective age. I would look at life very, very differently if I would know that I would have a significant longer life-span. I would just chill and live more in the moment and not worry about time so much (I worry about time quite a lot right now, probably because a chapter in my life just (a day ago!) ended).

mLuby 7y ago
Agreed. Happy birthday!
- LeanderK 7y ago
  Thanks, but near miss :) I moved cities to start my masters, so my chapter of living in karlsruhe (where I moved for my bachelors) is closed, especially since I won't be coming back. I have not done everything I've wanted, stayed longer than I've thought and left some things unfinished. If only there would be more time, but your twenties unfortunatly don't have more years in them than the other decades. I probably wouldn't have started my masters yet but instead take a break and do something crazy. Like move to berlin, try to survive as a DJ and maybe get into producing music. Maybe study some philosophy. I feel like some opportunities just rush by and some doors just slowly but steadily close. And you have to decide for one, maybe two.