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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:41:47 EDT
Subject: Re: longevity attitudes survey

In a message dated 3/24/2008 5:01:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
 writes:


This  is a summary of the Kogan et al. longevity studies.

Extending the Human  Life Span: Assessing Pro- and Anti-Longevity   
Attitudes


Thanks for providing this summary, David.  This is quite  interesting.  And, 
relevant to societal attitudes towards cryonics as well  as life extension.  

The "take home" story to me seems to be that  the life extension community, 

as well as the cryonics community, needs to  emphasize the positive elements of
folks living longer, healthier lives.   Against the inertia of centuries of 
the concept "old equals decrepit", we must  do some heavy lifting with a more 
appropriate paradigm, "maturity and longevity  provide vision, depth and 

breadth of experience come with time, people living  longer, healthier lives 
will 
benefit humanity in countless ways."
 
In your own life, do you find yourself more effective than you were 10 or  30 
years ago?  In the knowledge work age, physical strength is less  important 
than wisdom, experience, networking, relationships, and...well,  knowledge.  
And with continued research our HEALTHSPAN, not just our  LIFESPAN, will 
continue to increase.  
 
Thanks for the information and insights regarding this study, David.   :)

Rudi

 

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