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Aging may be a program, not a breakdown

83 points · 88 comments · elo2000

  1. AndrewKemendo · · focus · HN ↗
    >when he became acutely aware that his grandparents and parents were not going to live forever…Cao turned to science. Finding a way to slow aging became his lifelong goal

    Nothing is supposed to persist forever it doesn’t even make sense to try

    1. D-Coder · · focus · HN ↗
      > Nothing is supposed to persist forever it doesn’t even make sense to try

      Perhaps instead of "forever," we could settle for, let's say, a thousand years in good health?

      1. AndrewKemendo · · focus · HN ↗
        I can’t think of a faster way to destroy the planet
        1. D-Coder · · focus · HN ↗
          I can think of several faster ways.

          Besides, if people know they'll be around for longer, they will have more incentive to take care of the place.

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