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Coping with the knowledge of our own mortality is often tricky – what if we just tried a different angle? #YOLO
If you’re struggling with suicidal ideation or depression call the national suicide prevention hotline right now: 1-800-273-8255
Also see: suicidepreventionlifeline.org
-Links for the Curious-
Terror Management Theory Overview (Wikipedia) – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory#Criticisms
Is Death Always a Misfortune? (SEP, 2014) – plato.stanford.edu/entries/death/#DeaAlwMis
Descartes projected that his newfound rationalist version of medicine would result in people living a thousand years. Let’s just say he was optimistic. (Shapin, 2000) – https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3219884/shapin-descartes_the_doctor_2000.pdf?sequence=2
Scientists up stakes in bet on whether humans will live to 150 (Fleming, 2016) – nature.com/news/scientists-up-stakes-in-bet-on-whether-humans-will-live-to-150-1.20818
Some history of hype regarding the human genome project and genomics (Eisen, 2014) – phylogenomics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/some-history-of-hype-regarding-human.html
Evidence for a limit to human lifespan (Dong et al, 2016) – nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7624/full/nature19793.html
Human age limit claim sparks debate (Geddes, 2016) – nature.com/news/human-age-limit-claim-sparks-debate-1.20750
Many possible maximum lifespan trajectories (Hughes & Hekimi, 2017) – nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7660/full/nature22786.html?foxtrotcallback=true
Evolution of the human lifespan and diseases of aging: Roles of infection, inflammation, and nutrition (Finch, 2009) – pnas.org/content/107/suppl_1/1718.full
Lust for life: breaking the 120-year barrier in human ageing (Roy, 2013) – theconversation.com/lust-for-life-breaking-the-120-year-barrier-in-human-ageing-14911
The SENS Foundation (to which I donate $10 a month) - sens.org
The Stanford Center on Longevity - http://longevity.stanford.edu/
The USC Longevity Institute - http://longevityinstitute.usc.edu/
The Methuselah Foundation - mfoundation.org
Transhumanism & Immortality, by Isaac Arthur - youtube.com/watch?v=ok8N2PkqCDs
Transhumanism & the 3 Supers, by David Pearce & Adam Ford - youtube.com/watch?v=zhKzzahPrss
Immortality is Within Our Reach, by Aubrey de Grey - youtube.com/watch?v=dt_fP3fCkNo
Evolutionary Theories of Aging & Longevity (Gavrilov & Gavrilova, 2002) - hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2002/704240/abs
Coping with the knowledge of our own mortality is often tricky – what if we just tried a different angle? #YOLO
If you’re struggling with suicidal ideation or depression call the national suicide prevention hotline right now: 1-800-273-8255
Also see: suicidepreventionlifeline.org
-Links for the Curious-
Terror Management Theory Overview (Wikipedia) – en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_management_theory#Criticisms
Is Death Always a Misfortune? (SEP, 2014) – plato.stanford.edu/entries/death/#DeaAlwMis
Descartes projected that his newfound rationalist version of medicine would result in people living a thousand years. Let’s just say he was optimistic. (Shapin, 2000) – https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/3219884/shapin-descartes_the_doctor_2000.pdf?sequence=2
Scientists up stakes in bet on whether humans will live to 150 (Fleming, 2016) – nature.com/news/scientists-up-stakes-in-bet-on-whether-humans-will-live-to-150-1.20818
Some history of hype regarding the human genome project and genomics (Eisen, 2014) – phylogenomics.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/some-history-of-hype-regarding-human.html
Evidence for a limit to human lifespan (Dong et al, 2016) – nature.com/nature/journal/v538/n7624/full/nature19793.html
Human age limit claim sparks debate (Geddes, 2016) – nature.com/news/human-age-limit-claim-sparks-debate-1.20750
Many possible maximum lifespan trajectories (Hughes & Hekimi, 2017) – nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7660/full/nature22786.html?foxtrotcallback=true
Evolution of the human lifespan and diseases of aging: Roles of infection, inflammation, and nutrition (Finch, 2009) – pnas.org/content/107/suppl_1/1718.full
Lust for life: breaking the 120-year barrier in human ageing (Roy, 2013) – theconversation.com/lust-for-life-breaking-the-120-year-barrier-in-human-ageing-14911
The SENS Foundation (to which I donate $10 a month) - sens.org
The Stanford Center on Longevity - http://longevity.stanford.edu/
The USC Longevity Institute - http://longevityinstitute.usc.edu/
The Methuselah Foundation - mfoundation.org
Transhumanism & Immortality, by Isaac Arthur - youtube.com/watch?v=ok8N2PkqCDs
Transhumanism & the 3 Supers, by David Pearce & Adam Ford - youtube.com/watch?v=zhKzzahPrss
Immortality is Within Our Reach, by Aubrey de Grey - youtube.com/watch?v=dt_fP3fCkNo
Evolutionary Theories of Aging & Longevity (Gavrilov & Gavrilova, 2002) - hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2002/704240/abs
