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  • Longevity’s Bottleneck may be funding, BUT funding’s Bottleneck is Advocacy

    Aug 6, 13 • Longevity3 Comments
    Longevity’s Bottleneck may be funding, BUT funding’s Bottleneck is Advocacy

    When asked what the biggest bottleneck for Radical or Indefinite Longevity is, most thinkers say funding. Some say the biggest bottleneck is breakthroughs and others say it’s our way of approaching the problem (i.e. that many are seeking healthy life extension, a.k.a. “aging gracefully”, instead of more comprehensive methods of indefinite life-extension), but the majority …...

  • Open Invitation to Celebrating Longevity in India

    Aug 2, 13 • LongevityNo Comments
    Open Invitation to Celebrating Longevity in India

    Dear Friends, The idea was raised to celebrate a special day by the longevity movement – the Longevity Day. Now an excellent opportunity to do this is coming – the 1st of October, the official UN International Day of Older Persons We can make the Longevity Day on that day – the 1st of October this year!  We …...

  • India Longevity Alliance – a part of the International Longevity Alliance

    Aug 2, 13 • General, LongevityNo Comments
    India Longevity Alliance – a part of the International Longevity Alliance

    I am a pro-longevity activist, and I would like to tell you about the organization in which I am currently involved and some of the activities we promote and in which anyone can participate to gradually make “Healthy Longevity” both national and international priority! The organization is the International Longevity Alliance (ILA) which promotes the social …...

  • Want to Live Indefinitely Again After Death? Try Cryonic Freezing! Part 1

    Jul 7, 13 • PreservatoryNo Comments
    Want to Live Indefinitely Again After Death? Try Cryonic Freezing! Part 1

    The possibility of living indefinitely, or even living “again” via re-animation from cryogenic freezing is just one method that is being used by transhumanists and many others.  What is Cryonics you ask? Cryonics is best described as the preservation of humans and animals at low-temperatures, essentially “freezing” the body with the notion of potentially reviving that organism when …...

  • Longevity and the Indian Tradition

    Jun 3, 13 • Aging, General, Longevity3 Comments
    Longevity and the Indian Tradition

    Does the pursuit of longevity, or even radical longevity, have future in India? The following article will consider this question mainly in ideological, cultural and historical terms, rather than in terms of analyzing current technological and demographic trends. In demographic terms, as was also noted earlier, the life expectancy in India is till relatively low …...