Humans dislike aging & involuntary death, generally. Advancements in science indicate solving these problems is now within our grasp. The question is when, and if we will be the last generations to die.
We are calling a state of emergency, and embark on building a city focused on warp-speed innovation to dramatically accelerate longevity R&D, early therapy access.
Join Viva City and be part of a “moonshot”, a “Los Alamos”-style environment aligned around the idea that life is good and death is bad.
Let’s shrink therapy development timelines, nurture collaboration, and ultimately make death optional.
Humans have long dreamed about a fountain of youth, pouring immense effort into this pursuit. However, it has been wasteful. It has been deemed selfish, driving many to ruin. The disappointing encounters with 'snake oil' solutions, ineffective and deceitful remedies, further marred our hope. Each story we hear teaches us that we shouldn’t pursue longevity.
We eventually surrendered to the horrors of aging & death as unavoidable certainties, recognizing the wisdom in accepting that which we cannot change.
This mindset was not unique to aging. For instance, leading physicists declared “heavier than air flying machines are impossible”. Even after the Wright brothers succeeded, people & media refused to believe it for years.
Similarly, going to the moon was an analogy for something literally impossible. “Yeah you'll do that when men walk on the moon”.
Yet, humans did succeed in these endeavors that were previously thought impossible.
The Manhattan Project involved building a city in Los Alamos, demonstrating coordination at an unprecedented scale and, at its peak, using up to 3% of the USA’s GDP for just one project likely accelerating progress by many years.
Humans have always been battling death, disease, and entropy / disorder. The desire for health is universal, but foreseeing the long-term implications and planning for future needs is a challenge many struggle with. The need for treatments and health interventions may seem distant, but the time to act is now, not when you are already sick and it's too late. The time to invest in our future health is now.
The denial of death, as Ernest Becker posits in his seminal work, is a fundamental aspect of human psychology. It's a coping mechanism we employ to deal with the existential dread of our mortality. This denial, however, and the anxieties arising from the awareness of our mortality often act as a barrier, holding us back from fully embracing life and realizing our full potential with compounding effects. It limits our aspirations and confines our dreams within the boundaries of our lifespan.
But what if we could transcend this final frontier? What if we could mitigate the inevitability of aging and death?
Without the shadow of death looming over our existence, we can unleash the boundless potential of humanity.
Let's redefine the boundaries of human life, not dictated by the passage of time, but by the depth of our collective imagination and resolve.