No person who wishes to continue living should have to die, ever. Check out the post on substack!
I believe that human immortality (increasing healthspan, eliminating causes of death, etc.) is something we as a species ought to urgently work towards. I am not a scientist, so I will primarily talk about the philosophical, political, and governance related implications of longevity.
I intend to increase my knowledge of biology & other important to immortality disciplines because that's enjoyable but also so that I may more accurately evaluate people, policies, and projects in the longevity / immortality space. Any suggestions for increasing my biology knowledge? I'm at about a "took biology for science majors in undergrad plus has read biology popular science books for fun" knowledge level right now.
EDIT 2022/09/13: I've created a Google Group called Immortality Studies to serve as a public discussion & mailing list plus coordination point for all of us interested in getting rid of death. I prefer to communicate about this subject area publicly, but you are welcome to message me here on LessWrong or email me at walambert@pm.me for private conversations (it may take me some time to get back to you since I have little slack in my life right now and am also prioritizing public conversations for coordination & transparency reasons).
I am an undergraduate studying chemical engineering, and I've been intending to dive into learning about biology relevant to aging for about a year and a half, with relatively slow progress. I'd be interested in developing a rough schedule of things to learn about alongside you if you're interested.
I'd recommend checking out Laura Deming's blog, which has a list of things to learn about to get familiar with our current understanding of aging.
If there were a group of people interested in this question, I wouldn't mind organising an online monthly meeting where we try to develop a solid understanding of the causes of aging.
I've created a Google Group to facilitate more conversations on this subject and improve coordination, check out Immortality Studies.
A good LessWrong post about aging we could all read & discuss for such a meetup is johnswentworth's Core Pathways of Aging as recommended by ChristianKI in the above comment (thanks Christian!).
I would find that of interest. I'm far from sure I can make any good contributions but aging and causes thereof is something I am interested in. It is also one I have found to be very overwhelming (I don't have any type of biology or chem background) -- just way to much basic knowledge to try grasping before I can really put things in a good context or start to think at a systems level.
No person who wishes to continue living should have to die, ever. Check out the post on substack!
I believe that human immortality (increasing healthspan, eliminating causes of death, etc.) is something we as a species ought to urgently work towards. I am not a scientist, so I will primarily talk about the philosophical, political, and governance related implications of longevity.
I intend to increase my knowledge of biology & other important to immortality disciplines because that's enjoyable but also so that I may more accurately evaluate people, policies, and projects in the longevity / immortality space. Any suggestions for increasing my biology knowledge? I'm at about a "took biology for science majors in undergrad plus has read biology popular science books for fun" knowledge level right now.
EDIT 2022/09/13: I've created a Google Group called Immortality Studies to serve as a public discussion & mailing list plus coordination point for all of us interested in getting rid of death. I prefer to communicate about this subject area publicly, but you are welcome to message me here on LessWrong or email me at walambert@pm.me for private conversations (it may take me some time to get back to you since I have little slack in my life right now and am also prioritizing public conversations for coordination & transparency reasons).