Mastodon post critiques Nature article on tech billionaire life extension methods

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A post on Mastodon shares and comments on a Nature article about tech billionaires pursuing life extension through body hacking. The poster notes that the article's short answer is that there's little science behind these methods. They add an observation not in the original article: while wealthy Americans live longer than other Americans, they have shorter healthy life spans than middle-income Europeans.

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Tech titans are hacking their bodies for a longer life: is there science behind their methods?

Short answer, no not really...

what is notable (and not in the article) is that while wealthy Americans have longer average life spans than other Americans, they have shorter health average life spans than middle income Europeans...

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Tech titans are hacking their bodies for a longer life: is there science behind their methods? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01884-z Short answer, no not really... However, what is notable (and not in the article) is that while wealthy Ameri