The annoying thing is that medical technology is arguably closing in on life extension: we are not far from adding decades to the human life span. And a bit further down the line is age reversal and … (View Post)

And an attempt to conquer and hold Tehran, to change the regime, would be 20 times worse. It's much bigger, it's all mountains, it has a large sophisticated army, they don't live in hu… (View Post)

I've gone down the rabbit hole of researching "the last man to die in the Great War". It seems that a Yank is the likeliest candidate - Private Henry Gunther, killed by machine gun fir… (View Post)

I felt exactly the same. I'm still ambivalent now. I didn't much care about any of them, except De Caprio, a bit, because his performance is excellent Sean Penn was objectionably over the t… (View Post)

Went to see a dying friend yesterday. He’s been a long time a-dying - as he says himself. But he is slowly getting there. He’s now in a bed, with a nappy, 24/7 - and has been for months I asked him i… (View Post)