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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/77167/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Marcus Aurelius</b></a></p><blockquote>Taking it all together, keep always in view that human life is transitory and cheap: yesterday a drop of semen, tomorrow a buried corpse or ashes. So make your way through this brief moment in time in line with nature and let go of your life gladly, as an olive might fall when ripe, blessing the earth that bore it and grateful to the tree that gave it growth.<br>&nbsp;<br>[τὸ γὰρ ὅλον, κατιδεῖν ἀεὶ τὰ ἀνθρώπινα ὡς ἐφήμερα καὶ εὐτελῆ καὶ ἐχθὲς μὲν μυξάριον, αὔριον δὲ τάριχος ἢ τέφρα. τὸ ἀκαριαῖον οὖν τοῦτο τοῦ χρόνου κατὰ φύσιν διελθεῖν καὶ ἵλεων καταλῦσαι, ὡς ἂν εἰ ἐλαία πέπειρος γενομένη ἔπιπτεν, εὐφημοῦσα τὴν ἐνεγκοῦσαν καὶ χάριν εἰδυῖα τῷ φύσαντι δένδρῳ.]</blockquote><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν],</i> Book 4, ch. 48 (4.48) (AD 161-180) [tr. Gill (2013)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/77167/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7716…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marcusaurelius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marcusaurelius</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marcusaureliusmeditations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marcusaureliusmeditations</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meditations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditations</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=acceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acceptance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=contentment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contentment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humancondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humancondition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lifetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifetime</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/76708/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Marcus Aurelius</b></a></p><blockquote>If one of the gods informed you, ‘You will die tomorrow or, at any rate, the day after tomorrow’, you would consider it no great matter whether it were the day after tomorrow rather than tomorrow, unless, indeed, you were an extraordinary coward, for the difference is minimal; so likewise, consider it no great matter whether you will die after many a long year rather than tomorrow.<br>&nbsp;<br>[Ὥσπερ εἴ τίς σοι θεῶν εἶπεν, ὅτι αὔριον τεθνήξῃ ἢ πάντως γε εἰς τρίτην, οὐκέτ̓ ἂν παρὰ μέγα ἐποιοῦ τὸ εἰς τρίτην μᾶλλον ἢ αὔριον, εἴ γε μὴ ἐσχάτως ἀγεννὴς εἶ: πόσον γάρ ἐστι τὸ μεταξύ; οὕτως καὶ τὸ εἰς πολλοστὸν ἔτος μᾶλλον ἢ αὔριον μηδὲν μέγα εἶναι νόμιζε.]</blockquote><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν],</i> Book 4, ch. 47 (4.47) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hard (1997 ed.)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, other translations: <a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/76708/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7670…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marcusaurelius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marcusaurelius</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lifetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifetime</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a></p>
Mathew Thomas<p>Every drop of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/butter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butter</span></a> we consume reduces our <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> : <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JAMANetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JAMANetwork</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <br><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/every-drop-of-butter-we-consume-reduces-our-lifespan-what-are-some-alternatives-we-can-use/articleshow/118785817.cms" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li</span><span class="invisible">fe-style/health-fitness/diet/every-drop-of-butter-we-consume-reduces-our-lifespan-what-are-some-alternatives-we-can-use/articleshow/118785817.cms</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whales</span></a> can live way longer than scientists had thought, with potential <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lifespans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespans</span></a> as much as double previous estimates<br>Southern <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rightwhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rightwhales</span></a> have lifespans that reach well past 100yr, and 10% may live past 130 years. Some of these whales may live to 150. This <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> is almost double the 70-80 years they are conventionally believed to live.<br>North Atlantic right whales thought to have lifespan of about 70yr. But average only 22 years, and they rarely live past 50. <br><a href="https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/whales-can</span><span class="invisible">-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p>Globally, scientists are working to unlock the secrets of extending human <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cellular</span></a> level, where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> occurs gradually due to the shortening of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telomeres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>telomeres</span></a> the protective caps at the ends of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chromosomes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chromosomes</span></a> that function like shoelace tips to prevent unraveling. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bioengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bioengineering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pharmaceutical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pharmaceutical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2025/02/beng02042501.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2025/02/beng0204250</span><span class="invisible">1.html</span></a></p>
The Conversation U.S.<p>North Atlantic right <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> are living only 22 years on average, far short of their potential 130+ year <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a>. An ecologist explains how human activities are cutting their lifespans: <a href="https://theconversation.com/whales-can-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/whales-can</span><span class="invisible">-live-way-longer-than-scientists-had-thought-with-potential-lifespans-as-much-as-double-previous-estimates-245826</span></a> <br><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/whaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whaling</span></a></p>
Deborah Harmes<p>Imaginary American Life Span -- and what a sad illustration it is.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/birth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shootings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigPharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigPharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lifespan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lifespan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialissues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialissues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a></p>
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For white Europeans at least, greater exposure to ultraviolet light in low-sunlight countries is associated with lower mortality risk from cardiovascular disease and cancer. The risk of increased melanoma was outweighed by the reduction in all-cause mortality.

Summary: sci.news/medicine/uv-health-lo

Original paper: sciencedirect.com/science/arti

Sci.News: Breaking Science News · Exposure to Higher UV Levels Boosts Health in Low-Sunlight Countries, New Study Suggests | Sci.NewsNew research suggests that UK Biobank participants who use solariums and who live at locations with higher annual average residential shortwave radiation have a lower risk of all-cause, cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality; solarium users also have a lower risk of non-cardiovascular disease/non-cancer mortality.
#Science#Health#Sunlight
michael

8-AUG-2024
Early mammals lived longer
University of Bonn researchers are studying the #lifespan and growth patterns of early #mammals

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #evolution #fossils

EurekAlert!Early mammals lived longerWhat distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? This is the question jointly investigated by researchers of Queen Mary University of London and the University of Bonn. Paleontologists have been able to gauge the lifespan and growth rates of these ancient animals, and even when they reached sexual maturity, by studying growth rings in fossilized tooth roots. The study has now been published in the journal Science Advances. Don´t publish before 8 pm CET on Wednesday, August 7!
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Kent Pitman

Selfish plutocrats
Wish they'd live 'til end of time.
Reckless, seems they will.

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #ethics #futurism #collapse #life #tech #technology #wisdom #mortality #lifespan #extinction

Ben Franklin said (in 1780): "I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence. For invention and improvement are prolific, and progress in them seems to be accelerating. What prodigious improvements may we not expect in a few years?"

I sometimes feel as if the world's tech giant billionaires think this same, but are lulled by their riches into a false belief that they can bend space and time to bring that future into the present, against the advice of Star Trek, which many times reminds us that when knowledge outpaces wisdom, disaster looms.

We can rush tech, but wisdom not so much. By rushing, we seem probably to be ending humanity's hope of having any future whatsoever. Collapse of civilization, quite possibly extinction, looms. Though this means those reckless, impatient, spoiled billionaires will not have missed out on seeing future human inventions. So... mission accomplished? They have, after all, lived to see it all.

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