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Immortality: The Hidden Subtext
A friend of mine recently asked me a question. “You’ve been writing a lot about longevity, immortality and life expectancy lately. Is there a hidden subtext?” I stopped for a moment. I had to think about that. I didn’t think … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, biology, death, DNA, future, immortality, lifespan, longevity, mirror life, mortality, mRNA, science
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The Retirement Problem: What Happens When You Don’t Have to Die?
Recently, we waded into the deep end of the genetic pool to talk about extreme human longevity. We looked at how medical engineering is steadily rewriting the limits of human life, and what happens to a finite planet when humans … Continue reading
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Tagged compound interest, compounding, death, economy, employment, generational wealth, immortality, longevity, retirement, science, Social Security, wealth
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