“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Imagine that: If you could change one of the genes in an experiment, an aging gene, maybe you could slow down aging and extend lifespan.”
— Cynthia Kenyon
Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
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“It’s like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you’re getting old, and you look at your human and you think, ‘Why isn’t this human getting old?’ … But now we’re the human looking out and imagining a different human.”
— Cynthia Kenyon
Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
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