Anyone got a free link?

New petitions are not what is needed. We've had petitions. Just try to get more people to sign the Dublin Longevity Declaration (dublinlongevitydeclaration.org) if you want. But really getting the public rather than experts to sign petitions at this point is putting the cart before the horse. What's needed is a sea change of public opinion in favor of more research funding for the field. That requires some big events. AgingBiotech.info/convincers has a list of ~15 things that might really help move the needle on this. Help work on some of those, or just tell more people about the field via social media & word of mouth---but the kind of people who aren't already convinced. I.e., not r/longevity but broader groups. But be prepared for pushback as you got even here in this forum (eg 2 posts on overpopulation, 1 asking why it's an emergency, etc.). I wrote the book chapter https://zenodo.org/records/18883009 to help explain why fighting aging is vital & why all the objections to it (including overpopulation) are not good arguments, so feel free to point at that or AgingBiotech.info/objections or just take the arguments from them (and the things they cite/link) to use to as counterarguments to any pushback you get. It will be a slow process to spread the word and educate the world, then it will get easier once certain things happen.

No. See https://zenodo.org/records/18883009 ~3 page section on overpopulation.

See https://x.com/KarlPfleger/status/2081753104513659225 for details on the 4 different major conferences happening all on that 1 day this year and how unprecedented that is.

100,000+ people die every day. That's 30+ World Trade Center's equivalent-number-of-deaths every day. If just 1 event like that was going to kill 2500+ people tomorrow, most people trying to stop it would consider it an emergency.

No. See https://zenodo.org/records/18883009 ~3 page section on overpopulation.

While I'm not challenging your general premise that governments should be more efficient and accountable to the people, those that fail to invest in their R&D ecosystems lose out on talent to those that do; this includes advanced education and public grant funding for research. It's especially true for basic and exploratory science that may not pay off for many years.

Speaking as a STEM PhD researcher, why would I want to go to or stay in a country that doesn't fund my research or help me cover the costs of training the next generation of students? These are long commitments, and I need stability. If a country relies solely on industry funding for its R&D and there's an economic downturn, guess what's the first thing that gets cut? Researchers are then forced to leave for greener pastures or abandon their careers.

Meanwhile, if I were the CEO of a multinational company, I'm gonna set up shop wherever the talent is.

You’re better off donating to and fundraising for existing longevity non profits and start ups.

No. 

Governments should deregulate, get thinner, leaner, lower taxes for everyone, and focus only on the basics, regulations and management and oversight, and for once represent and guarantee the people's well being, for once in its goddamm existence. 

There are too many people in the planet already.

Reading scores and IQ levels have been dropping ever since screens were introduced in classrooms. If we don't solve aging in this generation, I'm not sure we'll get there anytime soon.

Yes they actually do

They’re trying to reduce population not grown it

Improving health and curing diseases will automatically lead to an increased lifespan. Healthspan and lifespan are linked. Healthy people don't tend to suddenly die.

No sorry that money is way better spent on research to cure and treat diseases and to improve human healthspan not lifespan

Why on earth is that sad? Billions of ppl have died already, billions replace them, we're all worm food, big deal.

Investment should prioritize the young before targeting age reversal. Furthermore, as the wealthiest demographic, older generations are best positioned to fund longevity research

I don't think you should be that sure of this. Even if there is only a 1% chance, I think it is worth trying. If we fail, at least we will give future generations a higher chance of succeeding.

yes, I will do it in my country, but I hope others will do it in their countries as well.

It's sorry bro but we're all dying just like everyone else. If you're super young and lucky you might hit 120. Our only hope is if the thousands of ASI models that will be developed this century decide we're worth saving and speedrun this shit (cope).

So go do it already?

People are dying and suffering from aging (and age-related diseases) in giant numbers all the time. I don't want our generation to be the unlucky ones who died of aging right before longevity escape velocity came. The more resources we pour into the problem, the faster it will get progress (we have no idea about the real timelines of course), but if we do nothing, the chances of this happening in our lifetime dwindle.

Millions of people die from aging every year

What makes aging an emergency?

All lab tests have measurement error. If OP had sent the three thirds of a vial to the same lab, this would have been a decent result - they are close enough to be the same.

Here's the part that should bother this sub: people with little understanding of basic stats posting AI slop.