SOCIOL 3GG3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Autoimmune Disease, Cryonics, Life Extension
7 May 2019
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Mod medicine will help us survive forever but not live forever. Religious traditions regard longevity as beneficial sign of moral life resulting in secularization of life cycle and connections btwn ethics and medicine. One connection btwn past and present is it is always social elites bc they have the money to research. In past it was regarded as powerful and to not be shared w uneducated massed (undeserving or wanted) Ambition to enjoy longevity rather than its realization has been democratized. Taoism was allied w prolongevitism: made a bunch of techniques to conserve energy. Ying and yang, those who lived long lives lived in harmony. Christianity was concerned w living a good life now so your next forever life will be good. Alchemy most died bc elixirs to life included mercury, arsenic, etc. Typically members of the imperial court: wanted to increase life and make it enjoyable. Had v short lifes bc they were so spiritual".
