Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by apwell23 902 days ago
so they are not illnesses at all? just mere aging?
1 comments
andrewingram 902 days ago
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.
link
apwell23 902 days ago
Wouldn't that make these illnesses incurable?

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

link
itishappy 902 days ago
The article is about trying to cure aging. That includes both Alzheimer's and wrinkly skin.
link
apwell23 902 days ago
Article is about slowing the rate of aging not 'cure aging' .
link
itishappy 902 days ago
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

link