they're not at an increased risk for cancer.
I'm not sure what to make of that, but it suggests to me that we probably don't need to worry about things like airport scanners and flights.
In fact, even if you look at pilots who do constant flights across the poles, because you're going to get the most radiation going over the pole, to my knowledge, there's no convincing data that suggests those people are at an increased risk of cancer either.
And they're obviously at the upper end of what a civilian would experience in terms of radiation.
So I'm not convinced that that's something we should be stressed about.
I think you just relieved a lot of people of some unnecessary concern.
I want to go back to what you were saying earlier about what you need to do in your 90s versus what you're doing now.
So you said you think that in your 80s and 90s, you're going to have to work harder to preserve the vitality that you have now.
Yeah, grip strength, jumping, cognitive function.
I mean, I've got very good genes in terms of longevity on one side of my family, pretty good on the other, although not as robust. I mean, if I just look historically, yeah, who knows, right?
I mean, but my sense is that I'll live to be 95 if, you know, barring, you know, bullet bus or cancer.
answer? I would say that, yes, you're going to have to work hard in that last decade of life to preserve those things.
I think it's the work we do now that sets the stage for that.
It's the foundational work that we do in this period of our lives.
You and I are only a couple of years apart, but I think this is the critical decade.
It's in your 50s to your 60s and in your 60s to your 70s that I think is the deciding time.
50s to 70s. 50s to 60s.
Yeah. 50s to 70s. So what is it about this window that you and I are just entering now?
And why is it so important?
I think it's important because we're getting to that point where aging does start to show up.
I think if you and I are being brutally honest, we're kind of half the men we used to be.
And again, that that just means like, look, like a night of poor sleep shows up more, right?
When you were working in the lab as hard as you were describing it, you could probably walk through walls when you were exhausted.
Yeah. A short nap would reset me near completely.
Yeah. I got more colds and flus in that time because I wasn't taking such good care.
But then again, I was indoors more.
So it's an imperfect experiment, but you're right.
I think that, um, as I've approached 50, I need to do more you need to do more self -care you need to be more mindful of what you're eating how you're sleeping how you're recovering from those workouts because we still do hard workouts but recovery plays a greater role in other words we're just not quite as resilient as we used to be you know I was telling somebody the other day they asked me about my residency I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say this I couldn't do one month of what I did for five years I really couldn't do it I don't think I don't think there's