From: Ross A. Finlayson (extropy@apexinternetsoftware.com)
Date: Sun Oct 13 2002 - 23:54:34 MDT
On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 05:14 PM, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 ABlainey@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I cant be the only Extropian that has a few survival aids. What
>> kind
>> of provisions have others made ? Has anyone gone for the full Lead
>> lined
>> concrete bunker full of a years supplies ? or just a few odds n sods
>> like
>> myself ?
>
> Alex, you aren't alone. One of the primary reasons I moved from San
> Francisco to Seattle was that I viewed it as less earthquake prone.
>
> Well a decade+ later, I now know that it *is* less earthquake prone
> but when it does have earthquakes they are 8-9 on the scale and
> tend to level everything. So one is sitting at the roulette table.
> I'm currently stacking the cards to lean in a different direction.
>
> I don't know if I'd go to the full lead lined bunker yet -- but I
> definitely think there is a strategy for cryogenic preseration
> of your pseudo-stem cells in such an environment for decades.
> If I get to express my vote we are going to push one of the companies
> leaning in this direction over the edge within the next few years.
> I.e. you will be able to sign up for this "precautionary measure".
>
> Robert
>
>
How far are we from having a cocktail that enables 150 year or
indefinite lifespans?
Longevity, longevity. Everybody wants to live forever. Jonathan
Swift: "Everybody wants to live
forever, but nobody wants to grow old".
What's the state-of-the-art in life extension? Do telomeres and
telomere fraying truly represent a limit on the reuse of replicated
genes? What enzyme enables a protein machine to add the telomere, what
do you call them, endpoints back on to the segmented aglet-like
telomeres?
http://www.genlink.wustl.edu/teldb/tel.html - "What are Telomeres?"
The leading causes of natural death are failures of the respiratory and
cardiovascular system, and perhaps cancer. Let's say malignant cancer
was not an issue. Heart treatments are quite advanced, proper
cholesterol and perhaps moreso cardiovascular inflammatory management
much helps in extending the use of the heart and associated vessels.
The lungs are most at risk from environmental contaminants. The
composition of the alviolae, uh, alveoli, doesn't have a ready surgical
replacement from pig lungs. Lung brush, anyone? Lung therapy is a
broad horizon.
There are many other symptoms of aging. Many aging people have found
much relief in hormonal replacement therapies. I'm just a layman, but I
think definitely that the endocrine system is where to start in halting
symptoms of aging. That's kind of the internal way, and then the
external way is about reconditioning muscles, tendons, and vessels. The
nervous system is a special case because often nerve cells have
different or lacking ways to regenerate.
I guess there are survivalists and armageddonists. It's not a bad idea
to realistically stock supplies, with room for error. If you're old you
might want to take a half a baby aspirin each day.
Have a nice day,
Ross
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