Gotta say, I love the phrase "longevity escape velocity." The whole concept, even.

Work to buy five minutes to buy ten minutes to buy an hour to buy a day-

Yeah. I see a lot of folks online thinking about their apocalypse plans, and I have to say I'm cheered* by the number of them that involve cooperation and heavy amounts of determination.

*for values of 'cheered' that include a lot of "this is so messed up, how is this becoming common, i am so sorry everyone else shares in this anxiety, but if it's merited it may be what saves us."