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> Slowing down aging is like going to space: it’s a fun complicated problem for nerds to think about but it is utterly meaningless to the quality of 99% of live
by henryaj 3y ago
> Slowing down aging is like going to space: it’s a fun complicated problem for nerds to think about but it is utterly meaningless to the quality of 99% of lives on earth.
Except that aging is the causative factor behind Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, AMD, and a battery of other illnesses
- apwell23 3y agoso they are not illnesses at all? just mere aging?
- andrewingram 3y agoThey're illnesses for which age is the biggest contributing factor of whether you'll get sick, and how sick you'll get. Nearly every disease affects you more severely the older you are.
- apwell23 3y agoWouldn't that make these illnesses incurable? Not sure what makes alzheimers an illness and wrinkly skin not an illness.
- itishappy 3y agoThe article is about trying to cure aging. That includes both Alzheimer's and wrinkly skin.
- apwell23 3y agoArticle is about slowing the rate of aging not 'cure aging' .
- itishappy 3y agoFair. "Treat aging" then, but I suspect the author of DON'T DIE has bigger plans. Skin and brain health are both areas of focus. https://protocol.bryanjohnson.com/DONT-DIE-by-Zero https://protocol.bryanjohnson.com/DONT-DIE-by-Zero