Humans have become complacent with the idea of death. This is not surprising, considering that everyone born more than 150 years ago has since died. This is not to say that people have not wondered, longed or even attempted to achieve immortality.
The biggest obstacle to this, and one that seems insurmountable to most, is aging. Even by curing every disease and preventing any physical action that would otherwise end a human life, human genetics would still give way to cell loss, DNA damage, immune system decline and the various other factors that we group together and call “aging.” While preventing this can feel like a hopeless cause, dreamers throughout history, from Alexander the Great (and even before) have searched for the mythical fountain of youth in an attempt to beat nature and live forever.
The failures of past wealthy people to attain immortality has not, however, deterred today’s wealthy people from trying. And while their goals are the same, their approach is very different. Where Alexander searched for a fictitious fountain, today’s tech titans, such as Sergey Brin (Google), Larry Ellison (Oracle) and Peter Thiel (PayPal) are all attempting to transcend human biology through emerging sciences focused on improving human DNA.
This idea is far fetched, difficult and maybe even silly, but the same has been said in the past about several other technological/medical advances which have later become true.
I think the way you ended your blog by saying how before people use to think that certain technological advances nowadays would have never existed yet as time passed that claim got revoked. The several tech/medical advances which were ideas far fetched, difficult and silly but still became true, and that this could also happen with improving human DNA or even finding immortality. Though I think if that is ever possible, it is in the far, far future. I like how you explain the mechanism of aging and then calling it by its name. Also the use of historical events such as mentioning Alexander the Great, as well as present situations such as the one where Sergey Brin of Google, Larry Ellison of Oracle and Peter Thiel of PayPal are all attempting to transcend human biology through developing science.. The only thing I can say if maybe you could have included a live link to a study, report or credible source. But apart from that, I found this blog very entertaining and engaging.