http://www.longevitymeme.org Informative articles and opinion pieces on healthy life extension and longevity science. en-us http://www.longevitymeme.org/images/newsfeed/commentary_from_the_longevity_meme.gif http://www.longevitymeme.org 144 35 Copyright C 2001-2009 The Longevity Meme longevitymeme@longevitymeme.org longevitymeme@longevitymeme.org Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:42:21 CST Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:42:21 CST 60 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=25 Ramez Naam examines the future of population in the light of advancing healthy life extension technologies, a discussion reprinted with permission from his book More Than Human. Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:42:21 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=25 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=24 The Scientific Conquest of Death: Essays on Infinite Lifespans, a book published by the Immortality Institute, examines many of the social as well as technological aspects of the future of healthy life extension. Max More's contribution to The Scientific Conquest of Death, reprinted here with permission, handily demonstrates that fear of overpopulation is not a legitimate objection to greatly extending the healthy human life span. Sun, 06 Feb 2005 14:08:15 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=24 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=23 Michael Rae explains why he has chosen to join The Three Hundred and offer his support to the Methuselah Mouse Prize for serious anti-aging research. Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:30:05 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=23 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=22 Read interviews with some of the scientists working hard to extend our healthy life spans, reprinted with permission from Gina Smith's The Genomics Age: How DNA is Transforming the Way We Live and Who We Are. Fri, 03 Dec 2004 21:42:59 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=22 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=21 Read about the vision that Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman have for the future of healthy life extension, reprinted with permission from their new book, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:07:56 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=21 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=20 Critics of life extension fear what they believe to be the risks of longer lives but don't acknowledge the immorality, danger and difficulty of enforcing death. The original article appeared in Betterhumans in 2004. This version is reprinted with permission. Sun, 01 Aug 2004 13:19:13 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=20 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=19 Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS) is a detailed plan for curing human aging. It's detailed, thorough and firmly based on established experimental work in the various relevant areas of biology. So, you may well ask, where's the catch? Why, on all the many documentaries on aging that remain so popular, don't my colleagues come out and advocate the same work that I advocate? This is an edited version of the original piece appearing at the SENS website. Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:38:27 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=19 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=18 Max More, Extropy Institute founder, here examines the reasons behind the excessive caution and rejection of healthy life extension research by Leon Kass, Francis Fukuyama and others. What is the best way forward for a world in which the precautionary principle is used to stifle medical progress? Wed, 19 May 2004 00:07:49 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=18 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=17 Phil Bowermaster, ringleader at The Speculist, taps the primal human views of death. What are the roots of inspiration for the fight against aging and the quest to live longer, healthier lives? Read on to find out. Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:09:20 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=17 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=16 Despite widespread apathy, disinterest and ignorance of science in our society, there has been a real growth in size and sophistication of healthy life extension communities in the past few years. As a group united in our vision for a better future, we have come to the point of being able to say: "We want to live healthily for longer. We want real, meaningful healthy life extension therapies. What shall we do to make it all happen?" This is the key question! Tue, 25 Nov 2003 05:27:38 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=16 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=15 Time is on your side if you're under 30, suggests biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey in an optimistic discussion of healthy life extension. With more than 20 first-author publications in the past six years, de Grey is a leader in turning healthy life extension hopes into reality. This article is based on an interview by Shannon Foskett originally published at Betterhumans. You can find out more about Aubrey de Grey's work at his website. Tue, 02 Sep 2003 23:23:48 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=15 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=14 From the pages of THE FUTURIST, Joćo Pedro de Magalhćes asks "why die?" There may soon be nothing preventing great-grandparents from being as agile in body and mind as their descendants are. Joćo's previous article for THE FUTURIST, "The One-Man Rule," was published in November-December 2002. Thu, 24 Apr 2003 04:47:28 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=14 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=13 John Grigg is General Manager-in-training and hard worker at the Creekside Preserve Lodge. Here, he shares some of his enthusiasm about this venture by David Pizer, formerly of Alcor. Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:16:01 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=13 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=12 Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov gives us a fascinating tour of the current state of aging research, suggestions for the future, and an overview of some of his most interesting work. More of Dr. Gavrilov's scientific work can be found his website. Some selected works of interest are linked from the Longevity Meme for ease of viewing. Mon, 10 Feb 2003 01:40:13 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=12 http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=11 Bruce J. Klein, director at the non-profit Immortality Institute, discusses the lengthening of human lifespan past, present and future. Huge gains have been made, and there is more to come from the medicine of tomorrow. Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:35:15 CST http://www.longevitymeme.org/articles/viewarticle.cfm?page=1&article_id=11