Current Thoughts
| Our current picture of aging is inaccurate. It’s formed from witnessing two generations (Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers) who were neither had the resources of temptations that we have in present day. Today, there’s a no so quiet split forming in modern aging — and it’s widening. On one end, we’re seeing 70-year-olds doing muscle-ups, 90-year-olds skiing, and centenarians whose biggest health issue is deciding whether to lift on Tuesday or Thursday. On the other, we’ve got the youngest generation ever experiencing heart attacks under 40, with metabolic disease and morbid obesity becoming disturbingly common. I call this the Age Gap — not just in number of years lived but in quality of life during those years. I’ve been consuming a lot of content around AI the last several months trying to gain a deeper understanding and clearer picture of what’s ahead. Assuming it doesn’t go Terminator on us and kill everyone, the potential benefits to the healthcare system are astounding-from personalized drug regimens to nano-scale cancer treatments. It’s my perception that AI will likely help prevent disease, maximize health and longevity, and provide the best possible personalized medical approach to everyone but it’s unlikely to undo poor stewardship of one’s health. I see the age and health gap widening, not getting smaller. |
Things I like
Can you be healthy and fit without lifting weights? Yes. You just have to live other heavy objects: bags of sand, steel beams, other people, etc. Can you be healthy without being strong? No. Probably easier to just life weights.
Things to Check out
You’re fare more likely toe die from your own lifestyle choices vs being murdered. Check out this article from Peter Attia for more context
Have a great week!
David
