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Life Extension, Immortality and Ted Chiang
I’ve been thinking a lot about cryopreservation lately—like the kind Alcor does—and whether it’s actually science or more like a very sophisticated form of hope. People often say it’s not pseudoscience because it “doesn’t violate known physics.” A...
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Orwell, Exit, and the Crime of Wanting Out
If you actually stop and ask, “Okay, what’s the closest thing we’ve ever had to 1984 in real life?” the usual answers come up right away. Nazi Germany. Stalin’s USSR. Mao’s China. And sure, all of those matter. But North Korea is probably the clos...
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Post-doc position becoming available 2026
Our rheumatology division has an opportunity to bring on post-doctoral candidates with PhD or MD training and an interest in an academic career for positions opening in the summer of 2026. If you are interested in working with us as a post-doc ple...
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Dalhousie University: A Local Futures Partner
We are pleased to be working with Dr. Chad Walker, Assistant Professor of Low-Carbon Transitions in the School of Planning at Dalhousie University, to bring the Local Futures project to life in the City of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dr. Walker has res...
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