To Age or Not to Age looks at whether it’s possible to postpone aging. I would try and expand as to how they’ve explained this, but it’s a little over my head. The official synopsis explains it far better than I ever could.
The premiere of the film is tonight and they are having a discussion with a group of the scientists in the film. The premiere will be broadcast live so you can watch the film tonight (details are below).
Synopsis: Imagine a 120-year-old living like today’s 50 year-olds. Possible? Yes, according to the scientists in Robert Kane Pappas’ new film, To Age or Not to Age
The scientists featured in To Age or Not to Age have found the means to postpone and possibly mitigate diseases tied to aging, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases, and diabetes. Genes that control aging, among them SIRT2/SIRT1 genes, when altered, may, as a side effect increase our lifespans.
While To Age or Not to Age profiles the science of aging, it also addresses some of the moral, religious, practical and economic implications of increased, lifespan. Who will have access to the medicine? Who will benefit from the breakthroughs? Will the price of these compounds make this a drug for the elites?
There already exists a potentially catastrophic problem with overpopulation. What happens if we live even longer? What does that mean for societal structures, family, marriage, social security? If we can postpone aging, should we? Or are we arrogantly challenging the laws of nature? Where does evolution fit in?
“A lot of people think we’re biologically programmed to die, but the truth is that we’re biologically programmed for survival. There is no mechanism inside us that turns on to kill us when a certain period of time has elapsed.
—Dr. Thomas Kirkwood
Details of tonight’s live stream of the film are here
Don’t waste your money on this piece of dribble. Certainly the topic is intriguing but this extremely digressive, poorly orchestrated, rambling bit of amateur cinematography shot with what appears to be an early Iphone camera will bore you to death long before it makes its point, whatever that is.
Who cares about the presentation (which to anyone with basic reasoning skills isn’t nearly as bad as you make it out to be)? The point with this is to introduce the idea of longevity and the concerns surrounding it. I’d like to see you get off your ass and do a better job of it.