I recently listened to an interview with this Harvard Longevity/Genetics researcher with the cheeky title "How to live to 150", or something to that tune.
In the interview, he went over what he personally is doing to try and extend his life:
- Eating 2 meals a day, mostly plant matter
- Abstaining from heavy exercise, only doing very light walking/daily activities every day, but in a decent duration
- Avoiding sun exposure
- Taking 10-15 supplements he feels have a benefit in this regard (including things like metformin and a statin to treat his familial hypercholesterolemia)
- Not consuming caffeine
- etc...
He didn't necessarily seem that he was 'suffering' per se, but it got me wondering what the threshold would be for folks here of sacrificing pleasure for a longer timeline on this planet.
Personally, I just don't think I could adopt all these processes if it just meant living another year, especially if that year was in my 90's... etc.
I guess it's easy to say now, but hedonic pleasures absolutely make life more enjoyable, and as long as whatever I'm doing doesn't obviously harm my situation while i'm able-bodied, I just don't see that being worth it.
It does make me wonder though... when people talk about all these 'tricks', are they assuming it'll extend life by DECADES, or are they thinking just weeks or months?
In the interview, he went over what he personally is doing to try and extend his life:
- Eating 2 meals a day, mostly plant matter
- Abstaining from heavy exercise, only doing very light walking/daily activities every day, but in a decent duration
- Avoiding sun exposure
- Taking 10-15 supplements he feels have a benefit in this regard (including things like metformin and a statin to treat his familial hypercholesterolemia)
- Not consuming caffeine
- etc...
He didn't necessarily seem that he was 'suffering' per se, but it got me wondering what the threshold would be for folks here of sacrificing pleasure for a longer timeline on this planet.
Personally, I just don't think I could adopt all these processes if it just meant living another year, especially if that year was in my 90's... etc.
I guess it's easy to say now, but hedonic pleasures absolutely make life more enjoyable, and as long as whatever I'm doing doesn't obviously harm my situation while i'm able-bodied, I just don't see that being worth it.
It does make me wonder though... when people talk about all these 'tricks', are they assuming it'll extend life by DECADES, or are they thinking just weeks or months?
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