Diet and nutrition is where it all is at, and once we realise that foodstuffs grown on demineralised soils that have been drenched in chemical agricultural poisons of all descriptions aren’t good for us, we are well on our way to understanding basic health and longevity.

Where do you think we’re headed? Do you think we’ll stop pursuing solutions to the things that kill us, including aging? No. Better get used to the idea that some day, whether in our lifetime or not, these problems will be solved, and we had better be ready to face new challenges brought about by indefinite lifespans (limited initially by accidental traumas, but with further advances in bioengineering and protective structures for our bodies or augmentation of our biological structures with synthetics, essentially unlimited at that point). We are rapidly engineering ourselves and our evolution. Technology is advancing at an astounding and exponential rate. In case you hadn’t noticed, science fiction is now officially science fact. Hip operations that took 6 hours 15 years ago now take 30 minutes. Severed spinal cords in rats have been repaired with stem cells (Geron).

Aging was built into our cells since day 1 and was absolutely imperative for our species to evolve, grow (without exhausting resources and killing itself), and to survive over vast periods of time. But now, we’re smart enough to begin taking over the role of evolution by engineering our own bodies. That means aging is no longer necessary for us to adapt and evolve by having to create a new being with adapted/evolved characteristics - instead, we can apply desired adaptations/changes to existing humans without the need for death, via stem cells, gene therapy, etc. In the past 50 years, we have made death obsolete, we don’t need it anymore — we just haven’t figured out how to stop our cellular “death programs” from running– yet.

Have not heard of the Emerging Technology Conference - sounds good. I wonder if you were at Convergence 08 in San Jose in November - enjoyed it a lot.

I like that you are spreading the word. Well done for putting some prize money up.

Cheers

Malc

You are right, one have to enjoy their life in order to live, live, live despite anything going bad for them. And that takes a motivation, an eduction, a skill like anything else in life. But we don’t get a manual of How-To file with our life at the beginning?

Take my dying husband for example. He had Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy for over 20 years. RSD is terrible, painful condition that renders you helpless and hopeless for all practical purposes Did I mentioned it is painful? Let me say it again. It is very painful. Painful enough for many and many RSD patients to commit suicide.

RSD rendered my husband totally physically disabled, bed bound for the most part. But he acts like there is nothing unusual about his life. He loves his life, he fills his day with some productive activities (lying in his bed) and he is thinking on how he can be more productive during the day and sleep less. Because he never liked to sleep.. Life is too exciting for him to waste it on sleep.

I am looking at his ravaged by RSD body and I think.. Jesus, where does he get his strength from.. to go on like this…. Smile, enjoy his day… never complain..

Why I am sharing this? I hope that people would appreciate their lives more. I hope they take a really good inventory and count all their blessings and start living more enjoyable lives. Short or long.. Every day is precious.

To me, my husband is a bench mark because I’ve got two legs, two arms and a head, I am not in physical pain. If something goes wrong and things do go wrong with me all the time, I know I can fix it and just roll on…

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