Yes, there are a number of interventions available that could delay death by a few years. For example, my copy of “Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old”, which is almost a year old, ends with a short list:
Don’t smoke
Don’t eat too much
Get some Exercise
Get seven to eight hours of sleep
Get vaccinated and wash your hands
Take care of your teeth
Wear sunscreen
Monitor your heart rate and blood pressure
Don’t bother with supplements
Don’t bother with longevity drugs yet
Be a woman.
Do these count? When you say “relatively few people [are] doing the available interventions on the personal level” are these the interventions you’re talking about?
Yes and no. 1-6 are obviously necessary but not sufficient—there’s much more to diet and exercise than “not too much” and “some” respectively. 7 and 8 are kinda minor and of dubious utility except for in some narrow circumstances so whatever. And 9 and 10 are hotly debated and that’s exactly what you’d need rationality for, as well as figuring out the right pattern of diet and exercise. And I mean right for each individual person, not in general, and the same with supplements—a 60-year old should have much higher tolerance for potential risks of a longevity treatment than a 25yo, since the latter has more less to gain and more to loose.
Yes, there are a number of interventions available that could delay death by a few years. For example, my copy of “Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old”, which is almost a year old, ends with a short list:
Don’t smoke
Don’t eat too much
Get some Exercise
Get seven to eight hours of sleep
Get vaccinated and wash your hands
Take care of your teeth
Wear sunscreen
Monitor your heart rate and blood pressure
Don’t bother with supplements
Don’t bother with longevity drugs yet
Be a woman.
Do these count? When you say “relatively few people [are] doing the available interventions on the personal level” are these the interventions you’re talking about?
Yes and no. 1-6 are obviously necessary but not sufficient—there’s much more to diet and exercise than “not too much” and “some” respectively. 7 and 8 are kinda minor and of dubious utility except for in some narrow circumstances so whatever. And 9 and 10 are hotly debated and that’s exactly what you’d need rationality for, as well as figuring out the right pattern of diet and exercise. And I mean right for each individual person, not in general, and the same with supplements—a 60-year old should have much higher tolerance for potential risks of a longevity treatment than a 25yo, since the latter has more less to gain and more to loose.