Since this is a post on cryo, I wanted to share my own perspective, even though it’s pretty tangential. I think fighting to extend human lives is great, and if cryo works that would be fantastic.
But I say that with little emotion in my statements.
I used to be scared of death. Then I got cancer. Now I’m scared of an EARLY death. I’m terrified of abandoning my wife to be alone and I’m terrified of my parents having to grieve the death of a child. This perspective has made me far more attuned towards the importance of preventing deaths before middle age, and made me care a lot less about extending life beyond elderly.
Admittedly, cryo could help folk of any age. But for some reason I associate it with extension beyond natural life, rather than as a tool to help people facing early deaths. Maybe because it still seems too far-fetched to me? Research into preventing or curing cancer seems so much more real and impactful to me than cryo.
But I do believe it’s good for humans to branch out into different interests. I’m not the kind of person to argue against cryo because of the opportunity cost (e.g. “why not put all those bright minds to working on cancer instead?”). So I guess my feelings around all this aren’t really consistent
Great post, great research!
Since this is a post on cryo, I wanted to share my own perspective, even though it’s pretty tangential. I think fighting to extend human lives is great, and if cryo works that would be fantastic.
But I say that with little emotion in my statements.
I used to be scared of death. Then I got cancer. Now I’m scared of an EARLY death. I’m terrified of abandoning my wife to be alone and I’m terrified of my parents having to grieve the death of a child. This perspective has made me far more attuned towards the importance of preventing deaths before middle age, and made me care a lot less about extending life beyond elderly.
Admittedly, cryo could help folk of any age. But for some reason I associate it with extension beyond natural life, rather than as a tool to help people facing early deaths. Maybe because it still seems too far-fetched to me? Research into preventing or curing cancer seems so much more real and impactful to me than cryo.
But I do believe it’s good for humans to branch out into different interests. I’m not the kind of person to argue against cryo because of the opportunity cost (e.g. “why not put all those bright minds to working on cancer instead?”). So I guess my feelings around all this aren’t really consistent