Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither is longevity attained overnight. A few years ago I read about the compound effect: it’s this idea that baby steps done regularly lead to extraordinary results on the long term. Exponential growth is very hard for humans to wrap their minds around. Linear growth is so much…… Continue reading Longevity and the Compound Effect
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Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens
You can never put things in perspective until you measure them. And you need hard, cold numbers for that. Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition is the only robust method in gerontology that reliably prolonged lifespans in many species with an average of 30%. I thought 30% is huge. It’s not. Because after a serendipitous conversation…… Continue reading Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens
When money talks, ethics walk
Books belong to the white market. Drugs are traded on the black market. Lots of modern products and services are traded on the gray market – somewhere in between the white, legal market and the underground, illegal, black market. Despite being illegal to trade human tissues and bodies, the red market thrives with flesh exchange…… Continue reading When money talks, ethics walk