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The digital legacy that you leave behind. And lots of freezers. Ah, the streets of San Francisco mecca for Technology Innovators and aficionados. A destination where the cult of geek reigns supreme. Everyones got that billion dollar idea here and Everyone Wants to save the world. The ethos of nothings impossible runs in the veins and twitter feeds of every twentysomething zuckerberg wannabe. Now, Silicon Valley is taking on lifes biggest challenge death. Dave lee has been looking at how Silicon Valley is trying to help us all live longer. This will be my last mealfor 36 hours. Like a growing number of people in Silicon Valley, im about to try fasting something some here believe could contribute to extending our lifespan. My advice to you, just sleep in really late so you dont have to deal with it Kristen Brown is a biotechnology journalist. She tells me living longer is becoming something of an obsession for many techies. We tend to see people notjust thinking of their body as a machin
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