Please Welcome New Members to The Three Hundred
Since we last welcomed new supporters to the Methuselah Foundation's Three Hundred, both SENS3 and the launch of Ending Aging have taken place, bringing a flurry of donations and new faces. Please welcome this brace of new members to the Three Hundred, philanthropists of vision and modest means who see a way clear to the defeat of aging: Neil Kauffman, Michael Yamashita, Erik Dumas, Art Fritzson, Julie and Mark Connard, SychDeli, Prometheus, John Onysko, and Joseph P Jackson III.
In chemistry, a catalyst is a substance that vastly accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy required; wonderful things (like life) then occur which would otherwise take an eternity or not happen at all! The Mprize is just such a "social catalyst," one that can shake humanity from its pro-aging stupor. Today, each human born on this earth is sentenced. Not sentenced to death, since perhaps we could come to terms with eventual oblivion. No, the horrible truth is that we are sentenced to live. Built to break down, and made to wither away, we are forced to witness our own demise - first a gradual decay then an accelerating spiral of frailty. On top of this biological damage, society imposes an equally devastating plague - social aging - the rigid hierarchies, labels, and roles that have co-evolved to "ease" the transition into obsolescence. Enough! This cycle of despair ends now, in the first few decades of the 21st century. Never doubt that the powers of creativity, intelligence, and love can triumph over any adversity. It is a joy and privilege to join a group whose mission is nothing less than to heal the world.
Well said, and welcome aboard.