[extropy-chat] Youth Extension

Brett Paatsch bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au
Fri Jun 18 00:18:33 UTC 2004


Acy James Stapp wrote:

> Amara Graps wrote:
> > Spike:
> >> But the biggest problem is that very few
> >> people are interested
> >> in life extension.
> > 
> > Because they don't trust that they can live
> > *better* if they live *longer*. Who wants
> > to live longer if they are bedridden, attached
> > to tubes?
> > 
> > In my view, that is the angle on which to pay
> > attention, that is, Living *Well*, *Longer* .
> > 
> > Amara
> 
> Perhaps what is needed is a rebranding. Something
> like "Youth Extension" or "Youth Maintenance" instead
> of "Life Extension". Because people don't want to live
> longer, they want to be young longer.
> 
> I unfortunately can't thing of another word meaning
> "physical youth" that doesn't also imply adolescent
> behavior.
> 
> Acy

Words and memes can be so Vital to Vitality.

Brett Paatsch




More information about the extropy-chat mailing list