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These kinds of articles give me the creeps. As interesting as the science is, I imagine this also encourages a bunch of silicon valley millionaires and billion

These kinds of articles give me the creeps. As interesting as the science is, I imagine this also encourages a bunch of silicon valley millionaires and billionaires to essentially become vampires.

Karawebnetwork 4y ago
On the reverse side of the coin, I would love to be able to extend the life of my parents by giving them liquids that my body is able to replenish.
- davesque 4y ago
  Very good counter point :).
NegativeLatency 4y ago
Blood boy -> brain boy
aeternum 4y ago
Vampires are unbecoming. This is why the SV billionaires need to create the metaverse. The matrix had a the right idea, just keep the young plugged in to VR and use machines to do the dirty work.
daenz 4y ago
The show Silicon Valley had a small story arc that involved this kind of thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0AH-LSbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0AH-LSbo
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black_13 4y ago
Aren’t they already ?
lambdasquirrel 4y ago
I don't know why it needs to start with Silicon Valley necessarily. Because we're a bunch of socially-awkward people? We just saw the Jeffrey Epstein thing unfold, and who-knows what well-connected old-money/old-power folks were serviced by him and Ghislaine Maxwell. If they could extend their life and get their pickings of young girls, you bet they'd do it. This old-eating-the-young thing has been going on for time immemorial. It's encoded into our mythology, of Saturn eating his children so that they wouldn't usurp him. And it's not just our (i.e. Western) culture either.
- filoeleven 4y ago
  > I don't know why it needs to start with Silicon Valley necessarily. Because we're a bunch of socially-awkward people? No, It’s because Peter Thiel was (perhaps still is) reportedly interested in it, and that was a big enough story to be eventually lampooned by the comedy show Silicon Valley.
- philjohn 4y ago
  Also the Blood Libel against Jewish people, of which QAnon is just the latest incarnation.

These kinds of articles give me the creeps. As interesting as the science is, I imagine this also encourages a bunch of silicon valley millionaires and billionaires to essentially become vampires.

Karawebnetwork 4y ago

On the reverse side of the coin, I would love to be able to extend the life of my parents by giving them liquids that my body is able to replenish.

davesque 4y ago
Very good counter point :).

NegativeLatency 4y ago

Blood boy -> brain boy

aeternum 4y ago

Vampires are unbecoming. This is why the SV billionaires need to create the metaverse. The matrix had a the right idea, just keep the young plugged in to VR and use machines to do the dirty work.

daenz 4y ago

The show Silicon Valley had a small story arc that involved this kind of thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0AH-LSbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBA0AH-LSbo

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black_13 4y ago

Aren’t they already ?

lambdasquirrel 4y ago

I don't know why it needs to start with Silicon Valley necessarily. Because we're a bunch of socially-awkward people? We just saw the Jeffrey Epstein thing unfold, and who-knows what well-connected old-money/old-power folks were serviced by him and Ghislaine Maxwell. If they could extend their life and get their pickings of young girls, you bet they'd do it. This old-eating-the-young thing has been going on for time immemorial. It's encoded into our mythology, of Saturn eating his children so that they wouldn't usurp him. And it's not just our (i.e. Western) culture either.

filoeleven 4y ago
> I don't know why it needs to start with Silicon Valley necessarily. Because we're a bunch of socially-awkward people? No, It’s because Peter Thiel was (perhaps still is) reportedly interested in it, and that was a big enough story to be eventually lampooned by the comedy show Silicon Valley.
philjohn 4y ago
Also the Blood Libel against Jewish people, of which QAnon is just the latest incarnation.