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Born too late to die in infancy, born too early to see immortality. I imagine parents in the 1890s felt the same way. Our children will see a new and different
by erulabs 2y ago
Born too late to die in infancy, born too early to see immortality.
I imagine parents in the 1890s felt the same way. Our children will see a new and different world than we can imagine. I love this topic of moving past “health” and towards something better. To quote an 1890s thinker: “it’s time to find out what value our values really had”.
This does remind me of the superconductor stuff tho - I’m too excited - it will be interesting to see what focused clinical studies show us here, particularly around GLP-1’s effects on addiction.
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- modeless 2y agoThe most important question in the world right now is: which generation will be the first to live indefinitely? It is clear to me that we are on a trajectory to achieve indefinite lifespan extension, but unlike Kurzweil et al I don't see a real possibility that it will happen soon enough for me personally. Maybe my kids, or maybe one or two generations further. Will it happen soon enough to prevent population collapse due to plummeting fertility rates? Will fertility rates go even lower or will the population start to rise again as deaths fall? Will we see stagnation due to older brains being stuck in their ways, or will we be able to fix that too?
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- andrewmcwatters 2y agoBorn just in time to live too long and outlive your savings while modern monetary policy infinitely reduces the value of your local currency!