@jlj@twt.nfld.uk “@niplav (#xvbnyma) Fascinating. :-) Suspect #RMS would have a violent physical reaction – accompanied by some salty language – after even a moment’s contemplation of life under such complicity. :-D” -> He is a very unreasonable man <3
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A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. The Last Message Sent on AIM
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@niplav@niplav.github.io I wouldn’t disagree with your characterization of people who’re interested in radical life extension, but their messaging, generally, seems to not mention “adding life to your years” at all. “Live to be 150” doesn’t sound all that great if you’re going to have 15 years of being in your 80s, so to speak.
@(frogorbits.com) “@niplav Seems like most of the (radical) life extension people are interested in adding years to their lives, but agnostic about adding life to their years. “Be old longer” doesn’t appeal to a lot of people.” -> I disagree, the people who i know that are interested in life extension look to me more engaged in life than the ones who are not (though that hinges on definitions of ”adding life to their years”). i agree that “adding life to your years” is underappreciated, though.
@niplav@niplav.github.io Seems like most of the (radical) life extension people are interested in adding years to their lives, but agnostic about adding life to their years. “Be old longer” doesn’t appeal to a lot of people.
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@adi@twtxt.net “I usually seen the opposite. Women are more interested in longevity and happy that studies show that they live more than men.” -> I probably could have been clearer: It seems to me that women are on average much less interested in life-extension (methods beyond usual health advice such as the old “exercise, eat vegetables”) than men. This might just be founder/sampling bias (life extension comes out of the relatively male dominated libertarian/techno-optimist cluster). Actually, maybe there’s just a variance thing here: median man cares less about his longevity than the median woman, but the variance for men is higher.
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Plants are pretty fascinating, they turn air into life.
Good/quick life extension technology would, for the first 2/3 decades, decrease the average age of death, since more people would die young in accidents etc. than of old age.
Different utilitarian approaches to COVID-19 vaccination order, by order of complexity: Maximize {probability of infection*probability of counterfactual death, probability of infection*expected life years lost, probability of infection*expected severity of illness, probability of infection*expected severity of illness+probability of infecting n others*fudging for spreading}
It matters how many life years are lost in car crashes, not how many lives.
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The Visitor The coming of a person is, in fact, a tremendous feat. Because he comes with his past and present and with his future. Because a person’s whole life comes with him. Since it is so easily broken the heart that comes along would have been broken ― a heart whose layers the wind will likely be able to trace, if my heart could mimic that wind it can become a hospitable place. That poem in ‘Because This Is My First Life’ – 반짝반짝 한국어
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I’ve always found the ‘suicide is selfish’ argument weird. Someone is making the most important (and most tragic) decision in their life, and people are talking about themselves?
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theater is tempted to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life. Follow Your Curiosity. Read Your Ass Off | Hacker News
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The benefits of the stochastic life are clear. It is quicker and cheaper than almost any other system. The results are guaranteed to be fair (across the population). And it is impossible to cheat or influence. Living the Stochastic Life – Terence Eden’s Blog
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Okay life is rough for Primrose. Her parents are missing, nobody wants to take care of her. She is constantly reminded that she in only worth three dollars per hour. Her life and belongings are distributed between three different houses. I am not in the body of life. I float.
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