Great thread that makes explicit the thing that hasn’t quite made sense to me about longevity thinking:

Great thread that makes explicit the thing that hasn’t quite made sense to me about longevity thinking: https://twitter.com/rokomijic/status/1679504238005882880?s=46&t=QiZu_7RbzbjKl7eMyW7XRA

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The thing I’m not sure about is if the “longevity by avoiding damage” model he attacks is a strawman, and if so how far it is from Brian Johnson’s actual model?

Money quote: https://twitter.com/rokomijic/status/1679543606896369695?s=46&t=QiZu_7RbzbjKl7eMyW7XRA

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the main argument against it is that the vibes are extremely off. living a good and healthy life is great but Bryan Johnson et al. give off such mega cult leader vibes that people are starting to wonder where the metaphorical bodies are buried. EA deja vu.

I see. TBH I had not clearly differentiated between your definition of longevity, and the live forever types.

Longevity is spending less of your life in pain from chronic disease. Die faster later. 

Haven’t seen any arguments against it outside the “I’m unhealthy and want to justify my behaviour” crowd. 

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Good thread and nice statistical examples! I was going to say something about the point is to live only slightly longer in order to maximize the chance that you see real life extension tech but he addresses that too: no need to suck the blood of your kids, more important to just avoid smoking and get good sleep 😊