[ExI] , question for Max or anyone

[John Grigg]

Spike, the story of your great grandmother made me think of a "comic
book/graphic novel" I bought at a thrift store several years ago. It was
created by an award winning comic strip artist (whose name currently eludes
me) who used his artistic talents to show the intense farmwork that he and
his brothers did on his parent's farm, back in the 1930's. It was an almost
overwhelming litany of tasks that they needed to do to keep things going! I
gave my copy to my landlord at the time, who had had a similar boyhood
experience, and he was amazed by the memoir.

I remember having a church leader who liked to say, "no one ever died from
hard work!" Lol Now for many modern day people in the first world that may
apply, but certainly over the course of history, many human beings have
died from over exertion! And this can happen whether a person is a white
collar or blue collar worker. The Japanese come to mind...

John





On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 11:22 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> On 02/09/2021 00:30, bill w asked:
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> >> Is money being spent wisely in the tech industry?  Are they spending
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> Ben I would suggest it is because there isn't enough money in it.  There
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> Optimistist’s view: there is a lot of R&D going into that and it is making
> cubic buttloads, but it isn't easily recognizable as longevity research.
> It is focused not so much on making us live longer but in looking better
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> Consider this photo of my great grandmother that I took as a small child
> age 6.  She is 81 in that photo.  Great granny did everything right even by
> today’s health standards: she never smoked, never drank alcohol, clean
> living, plenty of exercise running her farm.  By today’s standards, 81
> isn’t particularly old, but this was the last year she still had the
> strength to do what she is doing in this photo (inquiries welcome.)  She
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> typical 81 year old woman then and now.  In most cases, we are just more
> alive at any given age than our counterparts even 50 years ago, and
> definitely 100 years ago.  Perhaps much of it has to do with our still
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