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We Were Taught to Call Death a Blessing

CGP Grey narrates an animated adaptation of Nick Bostrom's Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant. The story uses a dragon that demands a daily toll of lives as a metaphor for aging and society's acceptance of death.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters repeatedly recommend it in longevity and aging threads as a concise, fun case for fighting aging.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
CGP Grey
Topic
aging and longevity
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
12
HN mentions in dataset
20
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Most people confuse age with aging, because aging is still unavoidable, and as it's always been the case, it looks like it will remain so forever. But that's wrong. The outlook is different now. Yet, unfortunately, most still see it as unavoidable. Everybody should watch …

    snvzz on Hacker News · 2018-06
    In Around the World, People Have Surprisingly Modest Notions of the ‘Ideal’ Life

  • All attempts to cure aging have been magic/religion-based until very recently. Also it's not like we "learned to fly" as if cavemen could have done it had they only known the right wing shape and arm technique. It was only possible because of an accumulation …

    mLuby on Hacker News · 2019-09
    In Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note

  • CGP gray's videos on YouTube are maybe the most concise and fun to watch materials I've seen on the subject. [LINK] [VIDEO] And you'll be surprised how many people _are_ indeed thinking about all of the outcomes. Have in mind though that as with any …

    seer on Hacker News · 2020-01
    In Scientists identify pathways that extend nematode worm lifespan fivefold

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