Time, Aging, and Managing Complex Motions

Aging is not simple. It’s about time, and the synchronization of an infinitely complex machine.

In a complex, interconnected set of events (such as aging), everything must move in unison. Otherwise, fragmentation results, and the whole is no longer greater than the sum of its parts.

In the time space between two small fractions of a second, everything has re-adjusted, and it will always be that way.

The only thing we can do is anticipate and plan around change and its natural tendency towards entropy.

This is why planning one’s longevity (and health) is important.

Everything ages and erodes over time.

Starting out with a sperm and an egg, and ending up dead due to worn-out parts, is the course of our lives. We and everything around us are the inevitable victims of time.

Life eventually erodes into collapse.

Yes, there are many ways to die, but regardless of the cause, every human will be conceived, live their lives, and die. Dying is not the question; it’s when. We have choices.

To some extent, we can beat time and its corrosive effects, but it takes study and planning; even then, we will only get an extra ten to fifteen years at most.

This is how it stands right now: billions of dollars and millions of hours have been spent researching the aging process, and this will continue. Contrary to what you might have been told, there is no upper limit to human age.

I know the current science on the Hayflick limit for cell division, but I also know that telomeres are replacable. It’s been done with mice using telomere rivers. This is new science (2026) and fascinating technology. If we can replace telomeres like light bulbs, we open the door to easily breaking through the Hayflick limit.

Hold on tight.

Creation or evolution?

Were we created or did we evolve? Infinity has no bounds, and in an infinite milieu, we have all been here before an infinite number of times.

I think the evolution-versus-creation sides are both wrong and both right. It’s not worth the argument because there will be no solution — debate will go on indefinitely, or should I say infinitely.

Let’s let that go. Right now, you and I are eroding faster and faster every day as aging feeds on itself.

Homo sapiens might be the end point of humankind as we know it. Thanks to our highly developed brains, we have devised technologies that can turn on us and effectively end human life on Earth.

“I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” (HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey.)

There is no question that knowledge will grow, possibly making human intelligence irrelevant… developing artificial intelligence to its ultimate extent, implanting chips in one’s brain, and artificial organs in one’s body might be the next iteration of mankind. But, like Dave with HAL, we need a master kill switch.

OMY prediction: We will be able to extend healthy lifespan and stop, or even reverse, aging sooner than we think. Knowledge is exponential. It might happen incrementally or rapidly. This will have a major impact on everything we do and think as a human-dominated species.

[Example: “By 1966, Nirenberg, Har Gobind Khorana, and their colleagues successfully deciphered all 64 triplet codons that specify the 20 amino acids used by life.”

We now manipulate genetic information at will — the same thing will happen when we are able to control the aging process.] [1, 2, 3, 4]

Enough science fiction, back to the subject: what drives aging?

Is it simply the wearing away of everything, even rocks? Aging is unavoidable now, but even so, we can lengthen or shorten our lives with our behavior and some drugs/supplements.

Smoking: brings death closer to us by 10 years (or more).

Sensible exercise can extend a healthy lifespan by many years.

So, my argument is that aging is inevitable, but it can be managed. We need to let researchers do their work and focus our energy on lifestyle change and planning, something we can do for ourselves right now—we have many tools.

Lifestyle changes:

To some extent, your body will repair maladies and fight disease. You need to allow this to happen by doing some things to help it along:

Our **Biggest problem: **In the US and many modern cultures, 75% of adults and a staggering 41% of children are overweight, obese, and severely obese.

The trail of maladies that follows in the wake of the above numbers includes severe health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and certain cancers.

The good news is that most weight problems are lifestyle-related, so we can do something about them. There is little more to say other than find a healthy way to lose weight.

[Let me say here that I am not in favor of using drugs that are designed for other purposes. I do recommend that if you are in one of these groups, ask your primary health care provider for help finding an expert specializing in weight management.]

Overeating is a habit; we have to eat, but regarding other habits, it’s different. We don’t have to smoke, drink alcohol, or use recreational drugs. We also don’t have to skydive, rock climb, or race cars.

All of these things are potentially harmful, even deadly.

Planning:

Longevity can be planned. Personally, I believe this should be a medical specialty.

This is so because if you want to plan your longevity as I do, you will need the help of a professional. Chances are that this could be your current health care provider.

Either way, this needs to be someone who will agree to work with you on a plan to live one more healthy year at a time for as many years as possible.

Discuss your plan with your health care professional and start planning your first year.

In fact OMY means One More Year.

To find out more about my plan and how it works, read this story explaining a plan to live one more year at a time with professional help.

Each year, both of us will get closer to life-extending discoveries and be able to employ them.

Best wishes my friends.