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Paleolithic Software and Molecular Magic: The Biohacks of 2126
In response to my A Second Look at Life Expectancy: What the 1918 Flu Tells Us About the COVID-19 Pandemic, I received a fascinating question: “The 1918 flu had no ICU, no mRNA platform, not even a flu shot. We … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, 2020, 2126, biohack, biology, COVID-19, epidemic, flu, future, history, immunology, immunotherapy, influenza, longevity, medicine, mRNA, pathogen, psychology, science, Spanish Flu, vaccination, virology, virus
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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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Beyond Death: When Longer Lives Meet a Finite Planet
One of the comments I received after writing “The Age of Re-engineering: How Science Is Rewriting the Limits of Human Life” sparked a fascinating, if sobering, question. It was both simple and profound: “What happens if we actually succeed? What … Continue reading
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Tagged birth rate, death rate, Dyson Sphere, Dyson Swarm, Earth, elves, environment, generational spacecraft, homesteading, immortality, JRR Tolkien, lifespan, longevity, Mars, medicine, Moon, mortality, overpopulation, population decline, population explosion, recycling, reproduction, science, space, terraforming, Venus
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A Second Look at Life Expectancy: What the 1918 Flu Tells Us About the COVID-19 Pandemic
My recent article on the evolution of life expectancy generated a fascinating series of questions that I will attempt to address in the coming weeks. One reader pointedly asked about the historical U.S. life expectancy chart. If you look at … Continue reading
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Tagged 1918, 2020, COVID-19, epidemic, flu, Germ Theory of Disease, history, influenza, life expectancy, longevity, medicine, miasma, mortality rates, mRNA, pandemic, pathogen, science, Spain, Spanish Flu, vaccination, virology, virus, World War I
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The Age of Re-Engineering: How Science Is Rewriting the Limits of Human Life
Just a century ago, the average human life expectancy in the United States hovered around 65 years. When the Social Security Act was signed into law in 1935, that exact age was chosen as the baseline for eligibility. The choice … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Aubrey de Grey, biology, CRISPR, DNA, gene editing, gene therapy, genetics, genome, healthspan, life, life expectancy, lifespan, longevity, longevity escape velocity, medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, Steven Austad
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