Hello futurists,

I received a flyer in my mailbox today announcing the following talk at the UCSC
science library, which looks quite interesting
and a relevant topic for the Santa Cruz Futurists. As of today, we have not
scheduled a speaker for May, and it doesn't look
like we are going to. This will be the first non-speaker month since the
inception of the club (aside from during the summers).
We've discussed this, and agreed that it's fine and we don't absolutely need
someone to come and lecture to us every month--it's
just a convenience to give us something to talk about. We can either all get
together and discuss some topic without a speaker
(which is entirely in line with the original mission of our club) or we can let
it slide and wait till June. Either way, I think
it would be good for some of us to go to this talk by Dr. Mangel, and if we want
we could even have aging (and the possibility of
anti-aging technologies) be the theme for this month. Also, if there is enough
interest!
, we could all go out to eat afterwards or something.

Why We Age, What Makes Us Age, and What Can Be Done About It
http://library.ucsc.edu/science/synergy/

"Dr. Mangel will address the issue of why we age (or why we live as long as we
do) and will explain some fundamental concepts in
demography concerning lifespan. He will also explain why aging is the inevitable
outcome of natural selection and that, even so,
aging itself can evolve.

The mechanism of aging can be understood as the accumulation of damage to
molecules, cells, and tissues that express themselves
in mortality and declining physiological capacity. Anti-aging intervention takes
three possible routes: avoiding causes of
premature death, making various kinds of dietary changes, and applying
nanomedicine technologies to repair damage. Dr. Mangel
will explain why the effects of these interventions on human lifespan are not
clear."

Also, don't forget to go to Maker-Faire on the 19-20th!

Cheers,

--
Jeff L Jones <jeff@...> "Nothing in life is to be feared.
UCSC Physics Dept, PhD student It is only to be understood."
- Marie Curie
Santa Cruz Future Salon, Co-moderator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scfuture