Extreme Life Extension Conference
from the securing-your-personal-stake-in-the-future dept.
Fifth Alcor Conference on Extreme Life Extension
Saturday November 16 & Sunday November 17, 2002
Newport Beach Marriott Hotel near Los Angeles, California
http://www.alcor.org/conferences/2002
Foresight's own Ralph Merkle is conference chair, and both Foresight President Christine Peterson and Foresight Advisor Ray Kurzweil are speaking. Among a host of other excellent speakers, Michael D. West (President and CEO of Advanced Cell Technology) will describe the impressive potential of therapeutic human cloning and Rob Freitas will be talking about the even more impressive potential of nanomedicine.
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October 1st, 2002 at 12:56 PM
A Compelling Argument Pertaining to Extreme Life
Given news accounts about poisonous carcinogen toxins in fried foods, do we really know what the natural life expectancy is suppose to be? It sometimes seems the entire natural environment can be toxic. Perhaps people are suppose to life to 150 to 200 years of age.
A Nanodot.org member made a compelling argument. He or she stated each generation mematically renews human civilization. Extreme life extension may interfere with the process of renewal from generation to generation
Hopefully memes that are destructive are discarded by the young generation. Memes that are beneficial are cherished and valued by the young generation.
The Nanodot.org member argued that dramatic life extension may interfere with renewal of human civilization. It seems logical this may become a problem when and if medical advances allow a dramatic increase in the life expectancy.
I could not find the original post. I tried with the intent of providing a link.
October 2nd, 2002 at 7:48 AM
Fear Mongering
One issue that needs to be addressed in regard to Extreme Life Extension is the recent introduction of the concept of extending the retirement age pass 65.
Is the idea of extending the retirement age fear mongering to stymie public demand for better medical care and slow scientific progress?
An excerpt from one of my previous Nanodot.org post is very pertinent.
Click Here to Read the Entire Wonderful Life Foundation Discourse.
EXCERPT:
According to Dr. Eric Drexler, in his book Engines of Creation, the test of technology is how well it helps people return to a simple primitive society, where they can concern themselves with what is most important in life – love for God, friends, neighbors, and family.
A simple primitive society will allow people opportunity to develop creative artistic talents and become wholly self actualized in the process. A substantial decrease in the mortgage interest rate to help dislocated displaced workers sustain rapid scientific advancements is a movement toward a more primitive society.
According to Dr. K. Eric Drexler, in his book Engines of Creation:
î. . .then you and others may choose to get together to shape a new world. If a promising start fails, if it solves too many problems or too few, then you will be able to try again. Our problem today is not to plan or build utopias but to seek a chance to try.î (Dr. K. Eric Drexler, Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology, Bantam Doubleday Publishing Group, Inc., Copyright 1986, PP 236-237).
Wonderful Life Foundation is a chance to try to build a better world, as described in Engines of Creation.