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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by echelon on Friday September 17, 2021 @04:37AM (#28562786)
> all the money in the world can't buy time and more life.

It can, it's just that biologists aren't the ones that are winning the equities and securities game most frequently.

Given their inexperience, they throw money at things blindly, not realizing there are lower hanging fruit than the brain.

A billionaire biologist could attack the problem from first principles. And probably make measurable headway.

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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by goldforever on Friday September 17, 2021 @05:47AM (#28563234)
It can't, full stop.
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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by echelon on Friday September 17, 2021 @11:03AM (#28566274)
What do you think aging is from a mechanistic standpoint?

Define it and tell me how you can't make a measurable impact upon it.

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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by Apocryphon on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:11PM (#28567987)
Tell it to Norm MacDonald, or Chadwick Boseman.
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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by echelon on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:24PM (#28568190)
What are you on about?

Yes, people die. But we can stop it by continuing to invest in biotech.

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Re:Mailchimp insiders react to employees getting no equity f... by Apocryphon on Friday September 17, 2021 @01:26PM (#28568219)
Alright, calm down Ray Kurzweil
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