I don’t understand modern healthcares obsession with extending life.
Part of the allure of life is because it’s temporary, so each moment is more valuable.
In a life where everyone lives to 200, the value of each moment (of your family, of the choices you make) is less, because you’ll probably have another chance sometime in the future.
"Halioua says she has nothing against cats—and has even hired a few cat fanciers—but that their long lives, dislike of medicine, and not-very-humanlike physiology make them a less appealing target. 'They’re like little biological aliens,' Halioua says."
It's too bad that this very interesting research being led by an obviously talented person has to be overshadowed by the sexual misconduct of the men around her.
I hope her and others like her can help fix the world before my daughter grows into it, but I worry patterns that are millennia old may take longer than a few generations to fix.
> Both women describe situations in which de Grey, {...} explicitly spoke with them about sex. According to Halioua’s account, he even told her that it was her responsibility to sleep with SENS donors to encourage financial contributions. Deming was only 17 when, she alleges, de Grey told her he wanted to speak with her about his “adventurous love life.”
What might be even worse is the response by SENS:
> In March 2022, the SENS Research Foundation released a statement regarding de Grey's employment affirming that while his actions "did substantiate instances of poor judgment and boundary-crossing behaviors, Dr. de Grey is not a sexual predator."
I’m also the father of a daughter and this makes my blood boil.
Relating this back to the topic of life extension technology, one effect is that evil people will live longer. I’d wager that life extension technology would create an evolutionary advantage for evil people because they are more prone to power-seeking ideologies and therefore more likely to adopt the technology than conventionally morally good people, who would be more at peace with death.
[+] [-] dr_dshiv|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] downrightmike|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] tsol|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] etiam|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] hkxer|3 years ago|reply
Part of the allure of life is because it’s temporary, so each moment is more valuable.
In a life where everyone lives to 200, the value of each moment (of your family, of the choices you make) is less, because you’ll probably have another chance sometime in the future.
Personally, I don’t want to live a day past 80.
[+] [-] Toxide|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] mjrpes|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] jlgosse|3 years ago|reply
[+] [-] doctoboggan|3 years ago|reply
I hope her and others like her can help fix the world before my daughter grows into it, but I worry patterns that are millennia old may take longer than a few generations to fix.
[+] [-] programmarchy|3 years ago|reply
> Both women describe situations in which de Grey, {...} explicitly spoke with them about sex. According to Halioua’s account, he even told her that it was her responsibility to sleep with SENS donors to encourage financial contributions. Deming was only 17 when, she alleges, de Grey told her he wanted to speak with her about his “adventurous love life.”
What might be even worse is the response by SENS:
> In March 2022, the SENS Research Foundation released a statement regarding de Grey's employment affirming that while his actions "did substantiate instances of poor judgment and boundary-crossing behaviors, Dr. de Grey is not a sexual predator."
I’m also the father of a daughter and this makes my blood boil.
Relating this back to the topic of life extension technology, one effect is that evil people will live longer. I’d wager that life extension technology would create an evolutionary advantage for evil people because they are more prone to power-seeking ideologies and therefore more likely to adopt the technology than conventionally morally good people, who would be more at peace with death.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey