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[maestro949]

Maestro: Who cares what future generations think. Our time is now.

I don't pretend to care what they will think as we'll all be long dead however I am rather trying to illustrate the point that we have knowledge and advancements that we are not utilizing by viewing our idiocy from a futurion's perspective. They would perceive our priorities and actions as foolish as much suffering and death could be eliminated for much of the planet's population with more appropriate investments and utilization of resources.

If anything those future generation might get annoyed because the only people interested in life extension in our time got depressed and moped around.

A fine example indeed. Most of the population believes nothing can be done so they simply distract themselves from the reality that the clock is ticking before the reaper is upon them. Those that refuse to look away from what lies ahead must either find some means of coping. You can get depressed or you can work towards a solution.

Cheer up emo kid

I promise I will if you can smuggle some happy pills out of your padded cell

[VictorBjoerk]

Think if this movie could be broadcasted on TV across the world as a commercial...........Maybe could stop people distracting themselves from the reality and make more people wanting to do anything about it..........

Edited by Shonghow, 13 June 2008 - 05:09 PM.

[E.T.]

I don't like the phrase "healthy aging." I prefer the phrase "things to do to reduce the rate of aging."

[VictorBjoerk]

Sometimes I don't know whether to laugh or not at the advertisements picturing old people for insurance companies,elder care,supplements etc.... They always have pictures of good-looking physically fit people in their 60's with grey hair and wrinkles to show "old age".........It is so far from the truth that it is ridiculous...

Edited by Shonghow, 20 June 2008 - 09:09 PM.

[VictorBjoerk]

Yesterday at my job we had gathered 135 old people aged 75+ for a picnic. When helping and being with them you talk with them and listen to their conversations with each other and there is just so much -"I wished my body was young again" "You,who are young and healthy,make the best of it". When thinking about their past they seem happy but not with their current situation.

I think many people who doesn't think of aging as a natural part of life like me should work at a nursing home or something similar if possible.... There are really many good things about getting older mentally so it's sad that your physical abilities get's destroyed..I imagine if you just could prolong a 50-year old persons life with just a few decades they would probably adopt new ways of thinking and get new jobs,travel etc instead of just sit and deteriorate waiting for death... Many old people are actually very afraid of death believe it or not....
Or as a 80 year old but physically comparably fit I know says......there are such endless possibilies to what I would like to do now but the problem is that there is no time for it.....

[VictorBjoerk]

Almost noone escapes the age-related diseases either so no the most healthy aging exists in hunter-gather societys etc as described by John Robbins......

[VictorBjoerk]

But there really seems to be like some people living to extreme ages really ages slower in almost every aspect than others...There are often many 80-year olds in far worse condition than a 95-year old although they don't necessary suffer from anything else than age-related weakness and frailty......

[vyntager]

When voted I voted yes. Seeing the reactions, I agree with most everything here. I'd rather be in a 17 yo body than a 80 yo one, or even a 40 yo one (as of today's standards). But what I was thinking about was that you can indeed imagine people who're not young anymore, who even look obviously old, but who're either still fit, full of energy, or dignity in their age. And I can imagine a time when, if aging is cured, and it is possible to enhance the human body, some hobbyist could choose to be old and yet perfectly healthy.

(picture it looking like this guy :

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with the stamina of a Jack Lalanne)

[VictorBjoerk]

If you want to look old you can use a make-up artist, I wouldn't risk my health being biologically healthy 70 or so in a immortal society....Even the healthiest of them have much higher incidence of heart attacks etc.

[AgeVivo]

"Healthy aging" = we would prefer to live to age 150 in good conditions until age 145 ("healthy aging") than to live to age 150 in good conditions until age 90 only

Note: "health" has a lot to do with a feeling of personal wellness, and is not purely defined by medical conditions. Still, if aging can be tackled, it is obviously better than simply avoiding major discomfort!