Radical Life Extension
Psychological, Metaphysical, and Political Implications
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Aging kills about 100,000 humans each day. If you help to hasten the defeat of aging by just one day, then you can potentially save 100,000 lives. About 36,500,000 humans die each year from aging. Nothing is more tragic than aging. This book is meant to spread the message that defeating aging is both feasible and desirable. This book is about why funding should be increased for longevity research. This book is about why you should come out in support of defeating aging, and why you should encourage others to do the same. This book is about biomedical technologies that are currently science fiction. These technologies might help to enable a 100-year-old individual to be as healthy as a 60 year old would be today, and to extend the average healthy human life span significantly. This book is meant to help reveal how what may have actually been impossible not long ago, can no longer be so easily thought of as being an impossibility. Specifically, this book addresses some of the many potential psychological, metaphysical, and political implications that interact with radical life extension technologies that might be developed in the future. This book is ultimately meant to help accelerate research related to defeating aging and to increase support for the development of these potential anti-aging technologies. Biological aging kills many thousands of humans each day. If aging can be defeated then Earth will ultimately be a better place to live for all humans. There is no proof that this scenario is an impossibility, and there are good reasons to believe that with enough collective will, it might become a reality.
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The God Argument
- The Case Against Religion and for Humanism
- De: A. C. Grayling
- Narrado por: William Roberts
- Duración: 7 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief - all of them - right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? Can there be a clear, full statement of these arguments that once and for all will show what is at stake in this debate? Equally important: what is the alternative to religion as a view of the world and a foundation for morality?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Topic Made Mind Numbingly Dull
- De m.emery en 06-17-15
De: A. C. Grayling
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Freedom Evolves
- De: Daniel C. Dennett
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 11 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 113
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 112
Can there be freedom and free will in a deterministic world? Renowned philosopher Daniel Dennett emphatically answers "yes!" Using an array of provocative formulations, Dennett sets out to show how we alone among the animals have evolved minds that give us free will and morality. Weaving a richly detailed narrative, Dennett explains in a series of strikingly original arguments - drawing upon evolutionary biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, and philosophy - that far from being an enemy of traditional explorations of freedom, morality, and meaning, the evolutionary perspective can be an indispensable ally.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I knew I was going to like this book
- De Gary en 05-30-14
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The Case for Life
- Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture
- De: Scott Klusendorf
- Narrado por: David Cochran Heath
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 36
Pro-life Christians, take heart: the pro-life message can compete in the marketplace of ideas - provided Christians properly understand and articulate that message. Too many Christians do not understand the essential truths of the pro-life position, making it difficult for them to articulate a biblical worldview on issues like abortion, cloning, and embryo research. The Case for Life provides intellectual grounding for the pro-life convictions that most evangelicals hold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Case for Life
- De R.J. Mansfield en 11-26-23
De: Scott Klusendorf
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Why Trust Science?
- The University Center for Human Values, Book 1
- De: Naomi Oreskes, M. Susan Lindee, Ottmar Edenhofer, y otros
- Narrado por: John Chancer, Kelly Burke, Kerry Shale, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when our own politicians don't? In this landmark book, Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength - and the greatest reason we can trust it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Production of an Excellent Work
- De Andrew Mazibrada en 01-15-20
De: Naomi Oreskes, y otros
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The Voice of Reason
- Essays in Objectivist Thought
- De: Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 15 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 158
In the years between her first public lecture in 1961 and her last in 1981, Ayn Rand spoke and wrote about topics as different as education, medicine, Vietnam, and the death of Marilyn Monroe. In The Voice of Reason, these pieces are gathered together in book form for the first time. Written in the last decades of Rand's life, they reflect a life lived on principle, a probing mind, and a passionate intensity. With them are five essays by Leonard Peikoff, Rand's longtime associate and literary executor.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Explains Everything Of Today
- De L. Nicholson en 11-20-15
De: Ayn Rand, y otros
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- De: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrado por: Steve Wojtas
- Duración: 27 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 111
Charles Eisenstein explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self. He argues that our disconnection from one another and the natural world has mislaid the foundations of science, religion, money, technology, economics, medicine, and education as we know them. It has fired our near-pathological pursuit of technological Utopias even as we push ourselves and our planet to the brink of collapse.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting ideas but lots of negativity
- De Dan B en 05-22-23
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Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- De: Jane McGonigal
- Narrado por: Jane McGonigal
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war—events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous content, INSUFFERABLE narration!
- De Kelly en 05-24-22
De: Jane McGonigal
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,608
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48,389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48,068
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading
- De Blue Zion en 12-22-18
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Moral Tribes
- Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them
- De: Joshua Greene
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 14 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 636
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 531
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 528
A pathbreaking neuroscientist reveals how our social instincts turn Me into Us, but turn Us against Them - and what we can do about it. The great dilemma of our shrinking world is simple: never before have those we disagree with been so present in our lives. The more globalization dissolves national borders, the more clearly we see that human beings are deeply divided on moral lines - about everything from tax codes to sexual practices to energy consumption - and that, when we really disagree, our emotions turn positively tribal.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Science, Bad Philosophy
- De Jacob en 10-27-16
De: Joshua Greene
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Ayn Rand Answers
- The Best of Her Q & A
- De: Ayn Rand
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 10 h
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 116
After the publication of Atlas Shrugged in 1957, Ayn Rand occasionally lectured in order to bring her philosophy of Objectivism to a wider audience and apply it to current cultural and political issues. These taped lectures and the question-and-answer sessions that followed added not only an eloquent new dimension to Ayn Rand's ideas and beliefs, but a fresh and spontaneous insight into Ayn Rand herself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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It sounds like Ayn Rand
- De Anonymous User en 06-09-18
De: Ayn Rand
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Comforting Thoughts about Death That Have Nothing to Do with God
- De: Greta Christina
- Narrado por: Greta Christina
- Duración: 2 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 170
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 158
In this mini-audiobook collection of essays, prominent atheist author Greta Christina offers secular ways to handle your own mortality and the death of those you love. Blending intensely personal experience with compassionate, down-to-earth wisdom, Christina (Coming out Atheist and Why Are You Atheists So Angry?) explores a variety of natural philosophies of death.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Nothing I hadn't thought of myself
- De Neuron en 03-12-15
De: Greta Christina
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Counterclockwise
- Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility
- De: Ellen J. Langer
- Narrado por: Sandra Burr
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 122
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 121
If we could turn back the clock psychologically, could we also turn it back physically? For more than 30 years, award-winning social psychologist Ellen Langer has studied this provocative question, and now has a conclusive answer: opening our minds to what's possible, instead of clinging to accepted notions about what's not, can lead to better health at any age.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Surprisingly disappointing
- De Stephen en 06-23-09
De: Ellen J. Langer
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Fossil Future
- Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas—Not Less
- De: Alex Epstein
- Narrado por: Alex Epstein
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 928
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 830
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 825
For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil fuel use on our climate will be outweighed by the unique benefits of fossil fuels to human flourishing--including their unrivaled ability to provide low-cost, reliable energy to billions of people around the world, especially the world’s poorest people. And contrary to what we hear from media “experts” about today’s “renewable revolution” and “climate emergency,” reality has proven Epstein right.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strongly Recommend
- De Kevin en 06-14-22
De: Alex Epstein
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Denialism
- How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives
- De: Michael Specter
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 8 h y 33 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 150
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 99
New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter has twice won the Global Health Council’s Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Denialism, he fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A compelling read
- De S en 05-17-11
De: Michael Specter
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Giving the Devil His Due
- Reflections of a Scientific Humanist
- De: Michael Shermer
- Narrado por: Michael Shermer
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 125
Who is the "Devil"? And what is he due? The devil is anyone who disagrees with you. And what he is due is the right to speak his mind. He must have this for your own safety's sake, because his freedom is inextricably tied to your own. If he can be censored, why shouldn't you be censored? If we put barriers up to silence "unpleasant" ideas, what's to stop the silencing of any discussion? This book is a full-throated defense of free speech and open inquiry in politics, science, and culture by the New York Times best-selling author and skeptic Michael Shermer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Flawed Audio
- De Private en 04-10-20
De: Michael Shermer
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The Monk and the Philosopher
- A Father and Son Discuss the Meaning of Life
- De: Jean-Francois Revel
- Narrado por: David Shaw-Parker
- Duración: 14 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Twenty-seven years ago, Matthieu Ricard gave up a promising career as a scientist to study Tibetan Buddhism - not as a detached observer but by immersing himself in its practice under the guidance of its greatest living masters. Years later, this project was born, and Richard met with his father, Jean-Francois Revel - a French philosopher who became world famous for his challenges to both Communism and Christianity. At an inn, these two profoundly thoughtful men explored questions that have occupied humankind throughout its history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The dialogues themselves proved tranquility is attainable.
- De Mingster en 05-16-19