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Evolutionary 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

Evolutionary 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 ago
Interesting 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.