Someone will eventually succeed in this hunt for a longevity pill, and when they do, one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine will have been achieved.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing.
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
And me, myself personally, in order for there to be any kind of longevity there's gotta be some history.
Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research.
Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart that this will happen.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a longer time period. So lifespan extension in and of itself should not be the goal of medicine, nor should it be the goal of public health, nor should it be the goal of aging science.
Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.
To sustain longevity, you have to evolve.
We will 'de-age' progressively, as cures are developed.