Along a parallel path, the dietary, nutritional and supplement wasteland for people living with or scared of getting Alzheimer's is just as littered. It starts with the Mayim Bialik's of the world shilling $20 supplements that have little efficacy ("I'm a neuroscientist!") and goes to unproven diets that allege to reverse Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline.
Here's a theory: As you posited, Western Medicine treats diseases but doesn't cure them. Steve Jobs wasn't merely looking to defeat the tumors in side of him, but find a path to immortality.
From what I've read, Jobs wasn't as obsessed with immortality as so many of his contemporaries are (e.g. the Google founders), but it'd be interesting to see what choices he might have made here in 2023 when assholes like this exist... https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Bryan Johnson for an upcoming piece. He’s another one where the science doesn’t really add up, to the point where independent doctors question just how healthy he is.
I’ve read the Jobs books and saw the movies. I do wonder if he was too arrogant to believe that cancer would ever kill him.
He thought he was too smart to die,
Beth
Along a parallel path, the dietary, nutritional and supplement wasteland for people living with or scared of getting Alzheimer's is just as littered. It starts with the Mayim Bialik's of the world shilling $20 supplements that have little efficacy ("I'm a neuroscientist!") and goes to unproven diets that allege to reverse Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline.
Here's a theory: As you posited, Western Medicine treats diseases but doesn't cure them. Steve Jobs wasn't merely looking to defeat the tumors in side of him, but find a path to immortality.
From what I've read, Jobs wasn't as obsessed with immortality as so many of his contemporaries are (e.g. the Google founders), but it'd be interesting to see what choices he might have made here in 2023 when assholes like this exist... https://time.com/6315607/bryan-johnsons-quest-for-immortality/
I’ve been doing a lot of reading about Bryan Johnson for an upcoming piece. He’s another one where the science doesn’t really add up, to the point where independent doctors question just how healthy he is.
I’ve read the Jobs books and saw the movies. I do wonder if he was too arrogant to believe that cancer would ever kill him.