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Children only come into their own after their parents have left the picture, however it is that happens. Can you imagine being a part of the younger generation
by flipside 15y ago
Children only come into their own after their parents have left the picture, however it is that happens.
Can you imagine being a part of the younger generation when immortality is discovered or extended longevity? Would jobs ever open up, or promotions be available? Nobody will retire at the top, so there will be extremely little turnover. How can the young hope to surpass the old if the old hold all the keys and never let go?
Sure, aging is scary, but have you really thought through all the implications of curing it? Heck, have you even thought about why it exists in the first place? There are many cancer lines that never age, so why haven't organisms evolved that never get old? If you have an answer, I'd love to hear it.
- reasonattlm 15y agoEvolutionary explanation for the origin of aging: we age because the world changes. http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2011/03/we-age-because-the-world-changes.php http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2011/03/we-age-because-th... And the fundamental mechanisms of aging got their start in single celled life, very early on. http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2005/02/aubrey-de-grey-5.php http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2005/02/aubrey-de-grey-5.... None of which is a good reason for suffering aging when we could do something about it: it's just the mechanistic explanation for what is.
- flipside 15y agoInteresting articles, sure, but I wish you'd addressed societal and generational impact (you can skip overpopulation concerns). Sure, we age because the world changes, but in case you haven't noticed, the rate of change in the human world is accelerating. It strikes me as a bad idea to bet on trends that are on a collision course by their very nature. Maybe there is a way to reconcile extreme longevity with human society, but if there is, I sure haven't heard it or found it on that website.