Author Archives: attilacsordas
The COVID-19 pandemic as the most powerful reason to choose healthy longevity politics
(Observing) History is funny, in the horror movie sense of funny. Something’s funny going on, either as an external or an internal observation, sensation or impression. This is the second sense of funny, the strange, the odd, the weird. This is not the first sense of funny, the humorous one. The second sense of funny […]
Aging is not an urgent health challenge according to the WHO
The Official Guardians of Public Health on Earth, The World Health Organisation has released a list of 13 urgent health challenges for the next decade and the world-wide problems brought about by biological aging did not make the list. To re-phrase: age-associated chronic diseases, today undoubtedly the biggest killers of humans in existence, were not […]
What’s next for all-European longevity politics?
The MEP elections in May, 2019, has seen the birth of cross-European healthy longevity politics, but what happened since then? My question is focusing on all-European (cross-European) representation, including the big EU political arena, not on individual countries. Not much. Here are some factors behind this.
Liechtenstein, microstates and the theory and practice of longevity politics
Couple months back I published a 3 part study called The missing political philosophy of microstates: longevity, between survival and luxury; conclusion and action with the following summary:
Wanna fight climate change, Joseph Stiglitz? Better advance healthy longevity too, for more resources
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winning economist goes to war in the Guardian in the piece called The climate crisis is our third world war. It needs a bold response on World Environment Day. Getting himself all worked up with military rhetoric (I just don’t think it’s needed, as most people understand by now how the […]
The birth of cross-European healthy longevity politics: 1 in 500 voters backing it in Germany and East of England
Here’s a new starting point to think of in politics: 1 in 500 voters support healthy longevity politics or at least prioritising aging research dramatically if you consider 0.2% of all valid votes in Germany went to The Party for Health Research (71,000 votes) & 0.2% of votes (3230) in East of England Region went […]
3230 individual votes, 0.2% of all votes in East of England Region went to healthy longevity politics
Dear 3230 individuals, I feel like I should individually reach out and thank you personally, one by one (still doable I think :). You made the actual effort to understand what am standing for and without any previous exposure to longevity politics. You voted to this particular individual talking here, serving as a medium for […]
Thanking the supporters!
I can safely say that the whole point of my MEP candidate campaign was to make some people consider the strength behind the opportunity of a healthy longevity politics. From a simple thesis, lots of things follow and a whole political world view can be built upon it, if framed properly. As a complete political […]