{"id":8174,"date":"2015-06-29T06:10:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2015-07-12T17:25:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-12T21:25:27","slug":"rise-to-meet-the-enemies-at-the-gates-join-the-battle-against-disease-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=8174","title":{"rendered":"Rise to Meet the Enemies at the Gates: Join the Battle against Disease and Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Eric Schulke, Originally Published by Rational Argumentator.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of your great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers have prepared and gone through the fire of war. This happened time and time again over the centuries. It was nearly routine.<\/p>\n

The video \u201cWorld Battleground, 1000 Years of War in 5 Minutes<\/a>\u201d adds some good perspective to the frequency of larger-scale conflicts.<\/p>\n

If you didn\u2019t have the genes for it, didn\u2019t have it in you to put up a staunch defense or go on a successful offense when necessary, then you and your people didn\u2019t survive as often. It is unfortunate that such a terrible trait has played such a fundamental role in shaping who we are, but that seems to be the way it is.<\/p>\n

It is in us to adrenalize in the face of battle and do what it takes to find victory. Most of us don\u2019t directly chase it, and we shy away from it when necessary, but when cornered or challenged, when our towns are burned down or our family and neighbors are murdered on the trails, we draw our weapons and pursue the enemy to the corners of the lands, taking them dead or alive.<\/p>\n

Aging and diseases have us cornered. So what are we to do? Should we approach it like it is peacetime? Should we get up in the morning and think of aging and disease as another day at the office or another bill to pay, another fish to be caught for supper or another window to be boarded up for a storm?<\/p>\n

When an adjacent empire marches in and demands allegiance to expand its power, with the alternative of impalement or crucifixion for everybody you\u2019ve ever known, you churn out ramparts, build your defenses, get the trenches dug, get the spit and sweat out, and make a stand for life against a bunch of killing scum-bags like you\u2019re supposed to do. There is a time for the industry of peacetime, and there is a time for war.<\/p>\n

It is like wartime right now.<\/p>\n

In this war against aging, other diseases, and death in general, we don\u2019t need guns, and \u2013 it\u2019s incredibly lucky for us \u2013 we don\u2019t even need to spill guts. Our enemy causes our guts to be spilled, but these gutless intruders don\u2019t even have them to spill. They are microscopic misalignments, cellular maladjustment, biological disrepair, but they are terrible opponents nonetheless. They snatch our lives away from us. That\u2019s why we put up staunch defenses, and beyond that, prepare a fierce, forceful, battering offense in the form of a worldwide expedition in support of the philosophy and research of indefinite life extension \u2013 of extended healthy longevity.<\/p>\n

If winning a war involves spilling forth solutions from your head and not guts from people\u2019s bodies, and you won\u2019t do it, then we can only be left to assume that winning isn\u2019t worth it for you unless you can dismantle flesh. That\u2019s not the case, is it? It is catastrophic to the outcome of an urgent fight for life if we can\u2019t recognize that a deadly enemy that doesn\u2019t bleed is still an enemy.<\/p>\n

Comanches on the warpath had a lot less to lose than you do, and yet they put up a lot more of a fight. Match them, at the least. You have it in you, and we desperately need you at these front lines of the diseases of aging and general death.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t win this unless we expedite, instill energy, move fast, work hard \u2013 work wartime hard. And why shouldn\u2019t we get serious if it means a great shot at winning this? Indifference is one of our biggest obstacles here, and that indifference comes in large part from this phenomenon of the children of warriors not recognizing war without enemy blood. As more battle cries go up around the world, those centuries-old frequencies of battle will begin to ring in the DNA of more brave new life-extension advocate centurions and soldiers like you. With a little time, a great army can be raised up in this showdown with the Grim Reaper and its despicable harbingers of aging, and other forms of diseases and death.<\/p>\n

Attack disease and death with this attitude. Get pumped up: it\u2019s the only way to accelerate the pace and save life. Join the battle.<\/p>\n

You weren\u2019t bred to back down and wimp out. You are the sum total of the survivors of thousands of years of constant brutal wartime. Respect your ancestors by harnessing that fury and stepping up to this call of duty. Report to your nearest life-extension organization or project. Fight for the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension with everything you\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

Pick your legion, be it Fight Aging, the Methuselah Foundation, Longecity, the SENS Research Foundation, Foresight Nanotech Institute, the California Life Company (Calico), the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Longevity Party, the Transhumanist Party, the Buck Institute, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the Life Extension Foundation, or another, and report.<\/p>\n

The Movement for Indefinite Life Extension supports and lists as many of the core, main organizations as possible on\u00a0this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The world is at stake. We all need you.<\/p>\n

This song<\/a>, not affiliated with this movement (yet. Call us, Rammstein), illustrates the concept well.<\/p>\n

Translated lyrics:<\/p>\n

Even on the waves there is fighting
\nWhere fish and flesh are woven into sea
\nOne stabs the lance while in the army
\nAnother throws it into the ocean<\/p>\n

Ahoy<\/p>\n

Arise, arise seaman arise
\nEach does it in his own way
\nOne thrusts the spear into a man
\nAnother then into the fish<\/p>\n

Arise, arise seaman arise
\nAnd the waves cry softly
\nIn their blood a spear is lodged
\nThey bleed softly into the ocean<\/p>\n

The lance must be drowned in flesh
\nFish and man sink to the depths
\nWhere the black soul dwells
\nThere is no light on the horizon<\/p>\n

Ahoy<\/p>\n

Arise, arise seaman arise
\nEach does it in his own way
\nOne thrusts the spear into a man
\nAnother then into the fish<\/p>\n

Arise, arise seaman arise
\nAnd the waves cry softly
\nIn their blood a spear is lodged
\nThey bleed softly into the ocean<\/p>\n

Arise, arise seaman arise
\nAnd the waves cry softly
\nIn their heart a spear is lodged
\nThey bleed themselves dry on the shore<\/p>\n

Eric Schulke was a director at\u00a0LongeCity<\/a>\u00a0during 2009-2013. He has also been an activist with the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension<\/a>\u00a0and other causes for over 15 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Eric Schulke, Originally Published by Rational Argumentator. A lot of your great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers have prepared and gone through the fire of war. This happened time and time again over the centuries. It was nearly routine. The video \u201cWorld Battleground, 1000 Years of War in 5 Minutes\u201d adds some good perspective to the frequency of larger-scale conflicts. If you didn\u2019t have the genes for it, didn\u2019t have it in you to put up a staunch defense or go on a successful offense when necessary, then you and your people didn\u2019t survive as often. It is unfortunate that such a terrible trait has played such a fundamental role in shaping who we are, but that seems to be the way it is. It is in us to adrenalize in the face of battle and do what it takes to find victory. Most of us don\u2019t directly chase it, and we shy away from it when necessary, but when cornered or challenged, when our towns are burned down or our family and neighbors are murdered on the trails, we draw our weapons and pursue the enemy to the corners of the lands, taking them dead or alive. Aging and diseases have us cornered. So what are we to do? Should we approach it like it is peacetime? Should we get up in the morning and think of aging and disease as another day at the office or another bill to pay, another fish to be caught for supper or another window to be boarded up for a storm? When an adjacent empire marches in and demands allegiance to expand its power, with the alternative of impalement or crucifixion for everybody you\u2019ve ever known, you churn out ramparts, build your defenses, get the trenches dug, get the spit and sweat out, and make a stand for life against a bunch of killing scum-bags like you\u2019re supposed to do. There is a time for the industry of peacetime, and there is a time for war. It is like wartime right now. In this war against aging, other diseases, and death in general, we don\u2019t need guns, and \u2013 it\u2019s incredibly lucky for us \u2013 we don\u2019t even need to spill guts. Our enemy causes our guts to be spilled, but these gutless intruders don\u2019t even have them to spill. They are microscopic misalignments, cellular maladjustment, biological disrepair, but they are terrible opponents nonetheless. They snatch our lives away from us. That\u2019s why we put up staunch defenses, and beyond that, prepare a fierce, forceful, battering offense in the form of a worldwide expedition in support of the philosophy and research of indefinite life extension \u2013 of extended healthy longevity. If winning a war involves spilling forth solutions from your head and not guts from people\u2019s bodies, and you won\u2019t do it, then we can only be left to assume that winning isn\u2019t worth it for you unless you can dismantle flesh. That\u2019s not the case, is it? It is catastrophic to the outcome of an urgent fight for life if we can\u2019t recognize that a deadly enemy that doesn\u2019t bleed is still an enemy. Comanches on the warpath had a lot less to lose than you do, and yet they put up a lot more of a fight. Match them, at the least. You have it in you, and we desperately need you at these front lines of the diseases of aging and general death. We can\u2019t win this unless we expedite, instill energy, move fast, work hard \u2013 work wartime hard. And why shouldn\u2019t we get serious if it means a great shot at winning this? Indifference is one of our biggest obstacles here, and that indifference comes in large part from this phenomenon of the children of warriors not recognizing war without enemy blood. As more battle cries go up around the world, those centuries-old frequencies of battle will begin to ring in the DNA of more brave new life-extension advocate centurions and soldiers like you. With a little time, a great army can be raised up in this showdown with the Grim Reaper and its despicable harbingers of aging, and other forms of diseases and death. Attack disease and death with this attitude. Get pumped up: it\u2019s the only way to accelerate the pace and save life. Join the battle. You weren\u2019t bred to back down and wimp out. You are the sum total of the survivors of thousands of years of constant brutal wartime. Respect your ancestors by harnessing that fury and stepping up to this call of duty. Report to your nearest life-extension organization or project. Fight for the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension with everything you\u2019ve got. Pick your legion, be it Fight Aging, the Methuselah Foundation, Longecity, the SENS Research Foundation, Foresight Nanotech Institute, the California Life Company (Calico), the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Longevity Party, the Transhumanist Party, the Buck Institute, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the Life Extension Foundation, or another, and report. The Movement for Indefinite Life Extension supports and lists as many of the core, main organizations as possible on\u00a0this page. The world is at stake. We all need you. This song, not affiliated with this movement (yet. Call us, Rammstein), illustrates the concept well. Translated lyrics: Even on the waves there is fighting Where fish and flesh are woven into sea One stabs the lance while in the army Another throws it into the ocean Ahoy Arise, arise seaman arise Each does it in his own way One thrusts the spear into a man Another then into the fish Arise, arise seaman arise And the waves cry softly In their blood a spear is lodged They bleed softly into the ocean The lance must be drowned in flesh Fish and man sink to the depths Where the black soul dwells There is no light on the horizon Ahoy Arise, arise seaman arise Each does it in his own way One thrusts the spear into a man Another then into the fish Arise, arise seaman arise And the waves cry softly In their blood a spear is lodged They bleed softly into the ocean Arise, arise seaman arise And the waves cry softly In their heart a spear is lodged They bleed themselves dry on the shore Eric Schulke was a director at\u00a0LongeCity\u00a0during 2009-2013. He has also been an activist with the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension\u00a0and other causes for over 15 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[516,84,59,713],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-future","tag-eric-schulke","tag-feature","tag-mile","tag-rational-argumentator"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8177,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions\/8177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}