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Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to invest in slowing the aging process
- lawrenceyan 7y agoNon-paywalled link: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/super-rich-investing-immortality/ https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:...
- Ancalagon 7y agoIt seems like for the really really rich it might be better to just enjoy/live life until they're an older age, then put all their money into funds (which will be setup to essentially grow forever), use some small fraction of that money each year to freeze themselves (hibernate), and leave a note that says "DO NOT WAKE UP UNTIL DE-AGING IS FEASIBLE".
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoPeople get incrementally better at modifying biology over time, but regardless, kings seeking immorality elixirs has been a standard trope for millennia