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Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

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Kurzgesagt explores the biological mechanisms of aging and the ethical and scientific arguments for curing it.

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What people say. Recommended as a compelling introduction to the concept of treating aging as a disease and the arguments for biological longevity.

chr1in Hacker News • Recommends

On “Startups Flock to Turn Young Blood into an Elixir of Youth”

…et their stuff, which is not directly related to aging, in the worst they are "fox and the grapes" kind of rationalizations saying that the thing people want but can't get is probably not worth it. On the other hand i have seen many compelling arguments that curing aging is the _most important_ thing that we can do now. For instance: link link link to this video…
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DrRobinsonin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?”

Seems like many people are new to this concept and feel skeptical so here are some useful resources: * Kurzgesagt: How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime? (7:20) link * Kurzgesagt: Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? (6:48) link to this video * Why we should cure ageing (11:30) - Heads up, it's a book intro link * Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old (Book, not yet released in the US) link * Lifespan: Why we age and why we don't have to (book) link * Google talk: Why We Age and Why We Don't Have To (55:13) - By the author of the book link Edit: * If you wish to contribute to this kind of research make sure to check out SENS: link
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CryptoPunkin Hacker News • Recommends

On “Chinese scientists develop gene therapy which could delay ageing”

A good counter-argument to commonly cited objections to biological immortality: link to this video Also, there are a myriad of ways to circumvent and/or dislodge the power of entrenched political leaders, like physical emigration, virtual emigration (cyberspace, cryptocurrency), and disruption (new technologies enabling commercial leaprogging, or political revolution).
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wilgin Hacker News • Recommends

On “$6.96B was raised by private longevity companies in 2022”

My opinion on the topic changed significantly after watching these great videos: - Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever? - Kurzgesagt - link to this video - How to Cure Aging – Kurzgesagt - link - Why Die? - CGP Grey - link
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