Aging

TagLast edit: 31 Jul 2020 12:22 UTC by Yoav Ravid

Core Pathways of Aging

johnswentworth28 Mar 2021 0:31 UTC

252 points

120 comments22 min readLW link 1 review

Anti-Aging: State of the Art

JackH31 Dec 2020 19:07 UTC

357 points

176 comments11 min readLW link 1 review

Why SENS makes sense

emanuele ascani22 Feb 2020 16:28 UTC

28 points

2 comments31 min readLW link

Thoughts on being mortal

Joe Carlsmith1 Jan 2021 19:17 UTC

75 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

Highlights of Comparative and Evolutionary Aging

johnswentworth22 May 2020 17:01 UTC

55 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Project Proposal: Gears of Aging

johnswentworth9 May 2020 18:47 UTC

57 points

44 comments7 min readLW link

Homeostasis and “Root Causes” in Aging

johnswentworth5 Jan 2020 18:43 UTC

79 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

The Lens, Progerias and Polycausality

johnswentworth8 Mar 2020 17:53 UTC

70 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Adaptive Immune System Aging

johnswentworth13 Mar 2020 3:47 UTC

74 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

[Preprint for commenting] Fighting Aging as an Effective Altruism Cause

avturchin16 Apr 2018 13:55 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Immortality: A Practical Guide

G0W5126 Jan 2015 16:17 UTC

53 points

62 comments37 min readLW link

SENS and Givewell: Conversation between Holden Karnofsky and Aubrey de Grey

curiousepic5 Mar 2013 19:24 UTC

30 points

13 comments12 min readLW link

Living Forever is Hard, part 2: Adult Longevity

gwern9 Sep 2011 18:52 UTC

20 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Why We Age, Part 2: Non-adaptive theories

willbradshaw26 May 2020 17:41 UTC

86 points

22 comments11 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

Why We Age, Part 1: What ageing is and is not

willbradshaw24 May 2020 9:06 UTC

55 points

4 comments7 min readLW link

(apomorphic.com)

[Question] Why is loss of muscle cells not considered one of the hallmarks of aging?

ChristianKl5 Jan 2021 14:19 UTC

11 points

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Hypothesis: lab mice have more active transposons then wild mice

ChristianKl5 Jun 2021 12:36 UTC

19 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Should we vaccinate against PGBD5 which codes for a transposase?

ChristianKl8 Jun 2021 19:22 UTC

18 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Addendum to “Amyloid Plaques: Medical Goodhart, Chemical Streetlight”

Jemist2 Sep 2021 17:42 UTC

10 points

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How much should we value life?

Adam Zerner6 Sep 2021 22:30 UTC

28 points

25 comments37 min readLW link

[Question] Does anyone have an anki deck on ageing / rejuvenation biotechnology that they could share?

freedomandutility10 Oct 2021 16:54 UTC

1 point

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Nightclubs in Heaven?

Jemist5 Nov 2021 23:28 UTC

10 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Second-order selection against the immortal

Malmesbury3 Dec 2021 5:01 UTC

44 points

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Internet Literacy Atrophy

Elizabeth26 Dec 2021 12:30 UTC

109 points

49 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

If you want to live longer, become President

Bezzi11 Feb 2022 23:14 UTC

8 points

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Wormy the Worm

River Lewis21 May 2022 15:34 UTC

3 points

23 comments5 min readLW link

(heytraveler.substack.com)

Age changes what you care about

Dentin16 Oct 2022 15:36 UTC

135 points

35 comments2 min readLW link

Prediction market: Will John Wentworth’s Gears of Aging series hold up in 2033?

tailcalled25 Feb 2023 20:15 UTC

15 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(manifold.markets)

Wrinkles

johnswentworth19 Nov 2019 22:59 UTC

78 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

Living Forever is Hard, or, The Gompertz Curve

gwern17 May 2011 21:08 UTC

67 points

87 comments3 min readLW link

Longevity interventions when young

George3d624 Jul 2020 11:25 UTC

38 points

17 comments39 min readLW link

(cerebralab.com)

Introducing the Longevity Research Institute

sarahconstantin8 May 2018 3:30 UTC

54 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Introducing the Longevity Research Institute

sarahconstantin14 Dec 2018 20:20 UTC

79 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.wordpress.com)

Lifeism in the midst of death

TobyBartels9 Dec 2012 13:28 UTC

97 points

19 comments4 min readLW link

Does Age Bring Wisdom?

Scott Alexander8 Nov 2017 7:20 UTC

37 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(slatestarcodex.com)

Why people want to die

PhilGoetz24 Aug 2015 20:13 UTC

89 points

175 comments2 min readLW link

Human performance, psychometry, and baseball statistics

Craig_Heldreth15 Oct 2010 13:13 UTC

33 points

21 comments6 min readLW link

Naked mole-rats: A case study in biological weirdness

eukaryote19 May 2019 18:40 UTC

95 points

14 comments3 min readLW link

(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

An alarming fact about the anti-aging community

diegocaleiro16 Feb 2015 17:49 UTC

44 points

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[LINK] Larry = Harry sans magic? Google vs. Death

shminux18 Sep 2013 16:49 UTC

36 points

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[Question] What to make of Aubrey de Grey’s prediction?

Rafael Harth28 Feb 2020 19:25 UTC

23 points

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BHTV: de Grey and Yudkowsky

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Dec 2008 15:28 UTC

10 points

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Book review: Age Later

PeterMcCluskey27 Oct 2020 4:21 UTC

28 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

Impact of aging research besides LEV

emanuele ascani6 Jun 2019 10:42 UTC

15 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

Three Open Problems in Aging

johnswentworth7 Nov 2020 19:39 UTC

48 points

8 comments5 min readLW link

If calorie restriction works in humans, should we have observed it already?

Mark_Eichenlaub24 Apr 2012 4:28 UTC

32 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

Aging: A Surprisingly Tractable Problem

Quinn8 Apr 2021 19:25 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[linkpost] Project Blueprint: ‘Measuring and then maximally reversing the quantified biological age of my organs’

matteodimaio16 Nov 2021 2:48 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why rationalists are not much concerned about mortality?

SurvivalBias10 Feb 2022 0:11 UTC

18 points

94 comments1 min readLW link

Being a donor for Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT): Do good & earn easy money (up to 180k/y)

Anton Rodenhauser8 Jul 2022 6:17 UTC

32 points

26 comments8 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

(DIY) FMT for Anti-Aging & Biohacking

Anton Rodenhauser28 Nov 2022 15:49 UTC

25 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

The Fountain of Health: a First Principles Guide to Rejuvenation

PhilJackson7 Jan 2023 18:34 UTC

112 points

38 comments41 min readLW link

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