Post Az04qO2qE9RxFkMuhc by marick@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #Az01xabbcq9QNFN8lc by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-10-08T12:42:52Z
       
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       the entrenchment of a gerontocratic political leadership globally suggests life extension research may have social costs its enthusiasts and funders have not reckoned with. for much of the world, the finitude of leaders’ natural lifespans represents the public’s best hope for change.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az02KukStuQRVSddKa by MisuseCase@twit.social
       2025-10-08T12:47:02Z
       
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       @interfluidity There are also a lot of traditional myths (see: the Navajo mythic cycle) about why old age and death from old age is necessary for renewal and change.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az04WbAXipY4AJXErA by admitsWrongIfProven@qoto.org
       2025-10-08T13:11:35Z
       
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       @interfluidity Searches "how can i extend my lifespan so i can see the end of civilized society i have been working towards".  *gets redirected to image search of world leaders*  Just saying, goals can be weird sometimes.
       
 (DIR) Post #Az04qO2qE9RxFkMuhc by marick@mstdn.social
       2025-10-08T13:15:09Z
       
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       @interfluidity Bruce Sterling’s /Holy Fire/ is on this topic:"Set in a world of steadily increasing longevity (gerontocracy), a newly rejuvenated American woman drifts through the marginalised subculture of young European artists while dealing with the implications of posthumanism.”"Holy Fire is the story of an old woman who has gained a second youth […] and who has an ontological transformation as a result.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Fire_(novel)
       
 (DIR) Post #Az0KYMmplUXnPAJJ4K by interfluidity@zirk.us
       2025-10-08T16:11:12Z
       
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       @keunwoo yes. i’ve had conversations with otherwise remarkably sophisticated people and the response has been “if your grandma could live and be healthy a hundred more years, wouldn’t that be worth whatever its indirect costs would be? then QED, scaling it up is can only be many times better!” these are not people who’ve never encountered the phrase “fallacies of composition”. and yet.