I'm all in favour of funding for anti-aging research if the money gets taken out of our beer and circuses budget. What I object to is the way the article insist

I'm all in favour of funding for anti-aging research if the money gets taken out of our beer and circuses budget. What I object to is the way the article insists that aging is some kind of low-hanging fruit we could pick if only we realized it, and describes all other problems in the world as distractions.