{"id":208992,"date":"2020-02-09T07:27:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=208992"},"modified":"2020-02-09T07:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T15:45:25","slug":"longevity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/09\/longevity\/","title":{"rendered":"Longevity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Art is long, life is short (ars longa, vita brevis).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our human biological lifespan is limited. At best we can live to be 120-140 years old. But what do we desire? Perhaps to EXCEED the tyranny and confines of our singular human lives, and aim for some sort of immortality through our art, ideas, and offspring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Books or children?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A way to achieve immortality beyond yourself: write books and\/or have children. Both are your genes which will continue long after you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Longevity for our own life.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Selfie\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It seems the Star Trek notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Live long and prosper\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is a good one. We want maximal human longevity AND maximal human biological vigor, strength, muscles, and thriving<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n