The hottest Life Extension Substack posts right now

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Nooceleration: A Better World is Possible

Nooceleration • 452 implied HN points • 05 Jan 24

🕹 Technology AI Blockchain Life Extension Prediction Markets

Noocelerationism emphasizes optimizing rational self-aware thought on the planet for a better future.
Mainstream visions for the future may lead to suboptimal outcomes, so alternative routes like biosingularity are considered.
Decentralized blockchain tech and network states can play roles in controlling AI and reshaping global governance.

Living Long on the Emerald Isle

Extropic Thoughts • 98 implied HN points • 08 Sep 23

🏥 Health & Wellness Longevity Life Extension Regeneration

Biostasis is an essential part of the life extension movement.
Longevity conferences cover various topics like regeneration and financing rejuvenation.
Being cautious about life extension optimism and making biostasis arrangements is crucial.

The Calment Boundary

Adjacent Possible • 166 implied HN points • 28 Apr 23

🔬 Science Aging Longevity Health Life Extension Demographics

The story of Jeanne Calment highlights the potential for radical life extension.
The case of Andre-Francois Raffray illustrates the unforeseen consequences of longer lifespans.
Considering the social implications of extreme longevity is crucial for our future.

Overcoming Population Arguments to Living Longer

Extropic Thoughts • 117 implied HN points • 02 Jun 23

🔬 Science Population Growth Life Extension Fertility Economic Impact

Having more people is not inherently bad; each new person brings potential for creativity and productivity.
Limiting lifespan extension to control population growth is ethically irresponsible and ineffective; focusing on reducing birth rates is a better approach.
Global population growth is projected to slow and eventually decline due to various factors, including declining fertility rates and aging populations.

Why Catholics Should Support the Transhumanist Goal of Extended Life

Extropic Thoughts • 58 implied HN points • 22 Mar 23

⛪ Faith & Spirituality Catholicism Transhumanism Moral Philosophy Life Extension

Catholics should have a generally favorable attitude towards transhumanism and the pursuit of greatly extended maximum life spans.
The Catholic Church has no objection to supporting efforts to combat aging and extend human life spans.
Extending human life spans can provide more time to develop virtue, do good works, serve God, and save souls.

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The Backlash

Adjacent Possible • 15 implied HN points • 03 Aug 23

🏥 Health & Wellness Life Extension Ethics Aging Science

The post discusses the pursuit of radical life extension and questions its responsibility.
The series explores the history of magic elixirs promising to extend life.
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Biological Age

Adjacent Possible • 2 HN points • 13 Jun 23

🔬 Science Life Extension

Part Three of Immortality explores the reasons behind aging and the concept of death as a life-changing force.
Studies on extending the lives of worms could challenge our understanding of human aging and open up possibilities for life extension.
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