[henryaj]

> Slowing down aging is like going to space: it’s a fun complicated problem for nerds to think about but it is utterly meaningless to the quality of 99% of lives on earth.

Except that aging is the causative factor behind Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, AMD, and a battery of other illnesses

[apwell23]

so they are not illnesses at all? just mere aging?

[andrewingram]

They're illnesses for which age is the biggest contributing factor of whether you'll get sick, and how sick you'll get. Nearly every disease affects you more severely the older you are.

[apwell23]

Wouldn't that make these illnesses incurable?

Not sure what makes alzheimers an illness and wrinkly skin not an illness.

[itishappy]

The article is about trying to cure aging. That includes both Alzheimer's and wrinkly skin.

[apwell23]

Article is about slowing the rate of aging not 'cure aging' .

[itishappy]

Fair. "Treat aging" then, but I suspect the author of DON'T DIE has bigger plans. Skin and brain health are both areas of focus.

https://protocol.bryanjohnson.com/DONT-DIE-by-Zero