Open Longevity

This Saturday, Oct 7, 12:00 at Ferry Building in San Francisco (where International Longevity Day was held last Sunday) Lets collect some signatures! smart signs only😎 dublinlongevitydeclaration.org/#DublinLongevityDeclaration #SayForeverDayOct7 #SayForeverDay

Budva meeting is here https://facebook.com/events/s/longevity-day--montenegro/2514408125390283/?mibextid=RQdjqZ

Hey there longevity ppl all over the world! October 1 is the International Lonngevity Day (and October is the longevity month, so more longevity events are coming). There are and will be meetings in 🇺🇸San Francisco and New York, 🇮🇱Tel Aviv, 🇪🇸Madrid, 🇧🇪Brussels, 🇲🇪Budva, 🇫🇮Helsinki, 🇩🇪Berlin, and many more! Details are here.

Timofey Glinin:

Today, my pride knows no bounds. For almost three years, the Open Longevity project dedicated itself to constructing a comprehensive database, capturing every facet of how genes influence aging. The Open Genes endeavor wasn't a walk in the park: it demanded immense dedication, a harmonious collaboration between software developers and aging biologists. And now, our tireless efforts have culminated in a groundbreaking scientific publication in one of the world's leading scientific journals—Nucleic Acid Research.

This achievement primarily stands as a testament to the relentless drive and dedication of Ekaterina Rafikova and Constantine Rafikov, who poured their heart and soul into this database. Mikhail Batin and Anastasia Egorova who inspired us to make our dreams to reality. But I must admit, it brings joy to my heart too. As the scientific lead at Open Longevity, we've demonstrated our capability to produce monumental cornerstones for the entire industry.

Within this database, we've meticulously curated more than 2,000 genes, detailing their contribution to lifespan alteration, their influence on aging pathways, and identifying specific variants associated with longevity.

Scientific articles are diverse, and the painstaking task of standardization often had to be done by hand. But now, we've birthed a tool that enables us to bioinformatically compare the contributions of these genes, and to hunt for combinations of genetic interventions.

We've proven what we're capable of, but this platform's journey is just beginning. The horizon brims with exciting ideas: like launching bioinformatic competitions based on Open Genes, incorporating more information on protein interactions, and so much more. And as daunting as these tasks may sound, they are surmountable, especially with the backing of the most passionate anti-aging community out there.

We're shaking things up with the format of #SayForeverDay, and this Saturday, we're bringing you a live stream straight from the heart of the action! Nathan Cheng will be interviewing people live from Toronto.

Tune in on September 2nd at 13:00 Toronto | 10:00 LA | 20:00 Israel time.

SayForever! is our public dialogue about the urgent need to act against aging. And this conversation, this pushing of our narrative, is already an action. A necessary action. An indisputable action.

Our mission is to spread this dialogue, reaching as many people as we can. And we can do it in the form of a live stream.

The growth of this format relies heavily on your support. Help spread the word about this event and be sure to join in on the YouTube chat to say SayForever!

See you there!

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"If you think your impending death is a fundamental problem, then you should do the same as we do."

⚡️ The #SayForever! project continues to develop.

Data collection and processing for #SayForeverDay continues. This month we decided to check how the desire to live long and the awareness of the longevity field are connected. More details later, follow the announcements!

Dmitry Larichev, while living in the Kishinev Airport Terminal, conducted a survey as part of the global #SayForeverDay campaign. The survey was conducted among people who were also denied entry. The fight against aging cannot be stopped!

Nastya Egorova started an endless thread on Threads
(a new social network from Zuckerberg, similar to Twitter): "Why do you want to live much longer?", let's add meaningfulness to the new social network and try to put together a trully endless thread!

📰 News & Materials
— Alexey Turchin published an article in which he, along with co-author Denkeberger, explored the question of whether the universal drug "slag" invented by the Strugatsky could lead to global catastrophe
— A correlation between personality traits and intelligence has been compiled
— Will we ever...hibernate in space?
— An artificial womb for premature babies was created in Spain
— FDA approves gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy
— There is no shame in waging war on old age

💬 Community
— Misha Batin turned 51: "Being born is the best thing that ever happened to you, but you're heading for the worst."
— We are looking for scientists who are ready to help develop the First Approval platform by publishing their dataset on it. If you have data and are ready to publish it, please contact the team by filling out the form.
— Alexander Panchin: Is it possible in theory to transfer human consciousness into a machine or computer? (Ru)
— Ideally, digital immortality is the creation of one's copy. An interesting project Personal.ai is moving in this direction. The idea is to update the universal LLM (now it is GPT-3.5) with texts of a particular person and thus obtain his "digital twin" (discussion in Russian)
— If the task is to create a mass movement for radical life extension, the experience of previous mass movements is important (discussion in Russian)
— Life Extension Area Has No Product (discussion in Russian)
— A YouTube channel where @victor_rybin posts recordings of his Say Forever! chatroom conversations
— Review of Misha Batin's book by editor and journalist Natalia Bannikova: "The one who starts reading Transhumanism and the one who finishes it are two different people” (RU)

🔗 Useful links
— Open Longevity book: How Aging Works and What to Do About It (RU)
— Random Coffee: a service for friendly and professional dating within the community (Ru/En)
— Take a survey on attitudes toward death and radical life extension as part of our sociological study (takes 10-15 minutes)
— Support Open Longevity with a donation
— Buy merch
— Get a community membership card

📆 Calendar of events| Google

◀️ Previous digest

Today our regular #SayForeverDay is taking place.

It's not over yet, but we can already draw some interim conclusions.
Here is a list of participating cities:

- Tokyo
- Tyumen
- Oskemen
- Yerevan
- Haifa
- Paris
- Cincinnati
- Novi Sad
- Kharkov
- Sao Paulo
- Los Angeles

To find out more and see photos, visit forum — Say Forever!

Join the campaign next month and stay tuned for announcements.

The #SayForeverDay is this Saturday, July 1! Don’t miss out👀

The hypothesis of July is “people don’t really know longevity field exists and it effects how long they want to live (at least how big of a number they give to our core question)”. So this time we ask, if they ever heard about longevity scientists, companies, advancements of longevity science and non-aging animals. And also, how long they want to live. Twice. Take a look at our new script, it all makes sense there, I promise.

Let’s collect some good quality data together!

⚡️ Say Forever! Events Digest from June 19 to June 25

❗️ Mark your calendars for July 1st, the first Saturday of the month - it's time for our next #SayForeverDay! We're warmly inviting all of you to partake in this eventful day. Stay alert for our announcements this week - we're rolling out an updated set of instructions to test new hypotheses. This month, we're delving into an intriguing investigation: do people know about the longevity field, and how does their awareness influence their aspirations for longevity?

📣 Latest Outreach Events:

• We could not miss the grand opening of the new & expanded facilities of the SENS Research Foundation, and on June 23 @MishaBatin, together with @arktur123 and @mabuze, printed out 42 copies of a freshly made questionnaire, designed specifically for the SENS-like crowd, aka people from the longevity field, to collect opinions of seasoned life-extensionists. We mainly wanted to know easy stuff, like “How do we stay alive, what do you think?” This questionnaire was longer than our usual script, with more options, and it was being done on paper. But we also have the same survey online now! You can find photos from the event here.

✅ General Project Updates:

• Last week we were excited to share with you the results of our previous #SayForeverDay survey. We explored the correlation between optimism and desired lifespan. You can find the results and insights we got in this post.

There’s a new piece about Zuzalu: what’s this pop-up city about and what part of it is longevity agenda? Open Longevity and Say Forever are also there https://www.lifespan.io/news/zuzalu-shining-city-on-the-black-mountain/

Today, we are excited to share with you the results of our latest survey. The one we did during the #SayForeverDay street campaign and in ChatRoulette in June. We explored the correlation between optimism and desired lifespan.

We received more than 300 responses from participants in 10 different locations. Check out our public dashboard for an easy-to-digest overview of the findings, and if you're curious to delve into the raw data, we've got you covered with this Google Spreadsheet.

Among our most interesting findings:
• Folks who think they're likely to see anti-aging therapy within their lifetime also tend to want to live longer than 120 years.
• Curiously, it seems that desire to live forever or indefinitely doesn't correlate with the hopes of finding anti-aging therapy.
• Those with a positive outlook on the future are more likely to believe in the feasibility of anti-aging therapy within their lifespan.
• The aspiration to live for over 120 years, or even indefinitely, goes hand in hand with an optimistic view of the future.

Huge thanks to all the volunteers who joined this campaign. This was our first attempt to combine street outreach and public opinion studies. There are definitely lots of things we can improve, so please share your feedback, and we hope you are as excited as we are. Join us for the next #SayForeverDay on July 1st (we will post more on that in the upcoming days).

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