[extropy-chat] youth extension + blue people in their prime

[Spike]

> Ahhhh, life is gooooood.  {8-]  

Hmmm Spike -- I think someday you and I and Eli and
Robin and a few other folks are going to have to sit
down and have a serious discussion about what makes
life good. ..
 
Robert I have as much difficulty as the next person actually
defining fun, but I definitely know I am having it.  Im really
having a good time living these days, with lots of hiking,
camping, motorcycles, learning, etc.
 
   I am certain that new Mersenne's primes
do not keep the blue people entertained. 
 
Well, Robert, perhaps a new mersenne entertains about one 
in a thousand blue people, just as it entertains about that 
same fraction of the more traditionally complected
people.  I just happened to be that one.
 
"good" would seem to be a very relative term.    Robert 
 
Sure, of course, but it seems to me that those of us fortunate
enough to be living today and having access to that piece of
equipment now sitting before you are living the "good" life by any
definition, eh?
 
That reminded me of a question posed here a couple weeks ago: 
Why are not more people interested in life extension?
 
I think it is because of the perception that life extension and
youth extension are two different things.  When I talk about
life extension with coworkers, they imagine their 80 year old
grandmother, perhaps living not such a good life, cranky, sick
a lot, etc.  They imagine living in that condition for 40 years
and just say no to it.
 
On the other hand, if we emphasize *youth extension* like you
did in your pitch at extro4, we might get more takers.  Of course
there are jillions of people selling youth extension in one form
or another, the viagra people, the baldness cures, etc.  All we
need are youth extension techniques that actually work, thus
extending not just life but extending the good life.
 
spike
 
 

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