People are unwilling to invest in anti-aging or radical life extender. The reason for this is people’s disbelief in achieve extreme longevity extension within the years to come.
Why People Do not Believe In Radical Life Extension?
The prime reason is that it is hard to communicate and make people understand the feasible possibilities of life-extension when the solutions are still behind the corner. It is difficult to make people buy-in to far-fetched conclusions. In other words, as long as gerontologists or biologists do not have sufficient knowledge and depositories of solutions, they will have a weak credibility in the eyes of investors and potential donors. The ramification is poor progress and millions of people stand to die too early.
The only way to convey a buy-in message is to provide a gradual path of knowledge, so that the receiver can first comprehend the sense and thereafter accept the radical conclusion. Everything starts with a single step – this is the logic behind effective communication, and it has to be learnt.
In other words, the best way is to discuss about things that people understand and then gradually expand on it.
Several expert marketers go beyond simply educating people about their markets to establishing psychological triggers. They associate familiar topics or things to what they are selling. An example is to relate weight loss to longevity; this would be a psychological trigger for someone who is weight conscious. Gradually, this topic could be broadened towards genetic engineering, where possible solutions could be suggested for obesity. Besides, as the audience is now aware about genetic engineering it is much easier to explain thoroughly on how genes can be manipulated in order to delay aging and prolong longevity.
The next step would be revealed the possibility of science to stop and even reverse aging. It would be hard for the audience to associate these various disciplines if links wouldn’t have been disclosed slowly.
Today, practically everyone uses mobile phones, but some twenty years ago technology did not allow so. These tiny power computers are used by approximately 70 percent of the world’s population. This progress has only become feasible due to the geometric growth of technology that has occurred. Now, we can pinpoint how exponential advancement has revolutionized the world. A similar analogue could be used to promote aging research. People will be keener to accept a parallel outburst of bio-technology.
What we do hardly understand today, are the technologies of the future. However, in the range of today and the future, lots of knowledge has to emerge. It is possible to make age-reversal a reality within our current lifetime. Research has recently provided steady clues of human immortality.
Thu, Aug 5, 2010
Anti Aging, Immortality