“Death gives life meaning, too much of good things is unbearable”—this kind of escapism stops humanity from developing life extending technologies. Strangely enough, saving lives is both the basic of human ethics and something that humanity fights off, both in rhetoric and in

Why U.S. presidential candidates don’t talk about life extension is understandable; voters aren’t demanding increased longevity. But why does the longevity community say so little about the importance of a candidate’s position on aging research? Even a small community can

If you don't want eternal life, then what do you want? What are your terminal goals/values? What are you ultimately aiming for? What is your existence reduced to? My point is that there is no worthy alternative to eternal life. At best, you'll just want to live forever under

I see no other way to extend life than by changing our attitude towards the idea of immortality. Towards the very word itself, towards the desire to live forever, towards openly stating that death is unacceptable. We will achieve nothing if we don’t speak the truth, if we choose

Longevity meme contest, sponsor—Alexey Strygin, prize—$140! • What to do? Publish a meme in the comments to this post, quoting it or tagging Memortalism in a tweet with your meme. • Deadlines Memes are accepted until the end of the week (January 26, 23:59:59 UTC). The results of

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