Everyday Transhumanism

[aekiy]

This morning I was watching the Wednesday, November 11, 2009 episode of The Daily Show on Hulu.  While the show's sponsor was The Home Depot, the second of three commercial breaks featured an advertisement for the Methuselah Foundation, a nonprofit group dedicated to extending the human lifespan and curing age-related diseases.  The commercial went

Comments

[heron61]

That's absolutely fabulous. To get serious funding, we need to get the ideo of improved longevity into the public consciousness, and it's finally happening. Much coolness!

[aekiy]

Yes, I thought so. I appreciate the notion of increased longevity that much more given the years that have been and are still being stolen from my life. I don't just want to get better; I want my lost time back so I can finally make a life for myself before I'm freeping middle-aged.