Q&A With Grey #3: Millenia of Human Attention
Links: Hello Internet: https://www.youtube.com/user/HelloInternetPodcast/ Cortex: http://relay.fm/cgpgrey Destin: https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2 Brady: https://www.youtube.com/user/number...
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Hello Internet! I asked for questions, and boy, did you deliver with more than 7,000, so, let's get started. :Question Immortality! Aging is a degenerative fatal disease of the genes in the same way Parkinson's is. We're trying to cure Parkinson's with gene therapy along with Leukemia, Multiple Melanoma and others. Why not aging? Well, because most people think of getting old and dying as a beautiful part of the life cycle. IT ISN'T With 30 years of genius, we could grasp control of our genetics, and gain eternity. Question: I'm not sold on overpopulation as a problem. Birth rates have been going nothing but down and until we build that "Dyson Sphere" we aren't anywhere near the carrying capacity of the Solar ...
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Hello Internet! I asked for questions, and boy, did you deliver with more than 7,000, so, let's get started. :Question Immortality! Aging is a degenerative fatal disease of the genes in the same way Parkinson's is. We're trying to cure Parkinson's with gene therapy along with Leukemia, Multiple Melanoma and others. Why not aging? Well, because most people think of getting old and dying as a beautiful part of the life cycle. IT ISN'T With 30 years of genius, we could grasp control of our genetics, and gain eternity. Question: I'm not sold on overpopulation as a problem. Birth rates have been going nothing but down and until we build that "Dyson Sphere" we aren't anywhere near the carrying capacity of the Solar ...
