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Why Age? Should We End Aging Forever?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Fitness, sleep & longevityPhilosophy & ethics

What it is

Kurzgesagt's short animated video asks whether humanity should try to end aging, and argues the case for curing age-related disease. It is part one of a pair, with a second part by CGP Grey.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as a compelling, concise argument for longevity research and a rebuttal to common objections to ending aging.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “My opinion on the topic changed significantly after watching these great videos”

    Changed the commenter's opinion on ending aging.

    wilg, 2023-01 · Strong recommendation · in “$6.96B was raised by private longevity companies in 2022”

  2. “Compelling argument that curing aging is most important.”

    chr1, 2018-09 · Recommendation · in “Startups Flock to Turn Young Blood into an Elixir of Youth”

  3. “here are some useful resources”

    Short explainer in a list of useful resources on curing aging.

    DrRobinson, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are you surprised isn’t being worked on more?”

  4. “A good counter-argument to commonly cited objections to biological immortality”

    Good counter-argument to common objections to biological immortality.

    CryptoPunk, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Chinese scientists develop gene therapy which could delay ageing”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: longevity, aging, immortality, biology, ethics

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