TED talks began in the year 1984 as a conference about technology, education, and design, hence the name TED. Today, these powerful presentations cover a variety of topics outside of the main three and are a household name. Each TED talk is unique and but they are all told as interesting and insightful speeches. Many use elements of storytelling to convey their message to the audience. When comparing The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi to How I Found a Mythical Boiling River
married. This is beginning to drive the rates of marriage down. Many have speculated that relationships will continue to evolve, especially if the human lifespan continues expand. Fiction writers such as Drew Magary and real world scientists such as Aubrey de Grey have explored this very topic of relationships. The novel, The Postmortal, by Drew Magary is written in a journal entry
Ethics for the Fountain of Youth David J. Hepworth Brigham Young University Ethics for the Fountain of Youth Within a hundred years, unless we make some major research breakthroughs, you are going to die. Before then, you will get to watch many of the friends and family you love go through the process of decay, infirmity, and death. Witnessing this process over and over, we have accepted it as nature's way, but it is horrible, tragic, and heartbreaking. We are currently governed by the
prevent disease and improve the quality of life for those who are suffering. My donation has helped the SENS Research Foundation fund research essential to advancing the future of medicine and anti-aging processes. Working with SENS and Dr. Aubrey de Grey has been my most satisfying moment to date. Q: What does the future hold for your business? What are you most excited
knowledge. However, most people are trying to avoid death, but people don’t understand that death cannot be stopped. For example, on Life science, there is an article called Hang in There: The 25-Year Wait for Immortality, where a researcher, Aubrey De Grey, believes that in twenty five years later, people will start to live for at least a thousand years. This is because the microorganisms will be
Common sense seems to dictate that we are all going to die one day. As we all get older we crave to keep our youth, and to stay young forever is the ultimate dream. The thought of a possible immortality is just an added benefit. Even though we have strived towards this goal for centuries, have we obtained advances in successfully staying young forever? In Bill Gifford’s book “Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (Or Die Trying)” he explores these ideas of life and aging further. In this novel, he goes