Re:Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an imp...
by Erlich_Bachman on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:30AM
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> because it's too much effort
This is exactly the reason these scientists are focusing on genetic and other medical ways to increase lifespan, which are going to be packaged in products that can be used without effort. One might say what they want about people not wanting to expend unnecessary effort, one might call it lazy or just smart, or a drive of progress, it doesn't matter. The fact is if you give people a method that requries less effort, more people will use it. Thus we will have a greater general effect on the population with these methods.
Re:Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an imp...
by lm28469 on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @09:32AM
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But again, what's the goal ?
Giving lazy people the opportunity to continue living lazily longer while ravaging the planet ? Welcome to transhumanists paradise I guess.
Re:Longevity and anti-aging research: ‘Prime time for an imp...
by LinuxBender on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @04:37PM
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I imagine that governments would want to squeeze more taxable years out of people and bump the retirement age to 85 or higher.
Even if we lived 120 years in average, do you think the game would change a lot, I don't. I don't see drastic changes in young people today, yet they'll most likely be alive in 60-70 years. And for argument's sake, even if it does we still end up with much more people living on the same resource limited planet at the same time.
You can already bump your life expectancy (and end life quality) quite a lot by eating health, exercising, quitting drinking/smoking. Most people don't do it because it's too much effort and "that's not life", again individualism/short sightedness.
We need a cure for laziness / individualism, then, maybe, we can start talking considering longevity.