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

[MB]

I think there's a lot to this POV. Many don't think about
*life* extension until things start to fail. And then *life*
extension doesn't sound too good.  Now if I were able to
extend how I felt at 40, that would be a different story
altogether.:) Right now, the idea of extending the way I
am...
forget it.

Regards,
MB


On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Spike wrote:

>
> 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.
>