> we may reach a point where a mathematician's intellectually productive life is not sufficient to contribute Arguably the same could have been said in the 1700s when people lived till a mean life expectancy of about 40 and they would have perhaps been concerned that at some point in their future nobody would be able to make scientific advances in their lifespan. Yet here we are, living till 80s and beyond, making accomplishments in our 50s and 60s.

So we could solve this a few ways:

- Continue to extend the length of human life. Living to 150 will be the norm in a few generations.

- Create AGI that are smarter than us and make the advances for us

- Genetically engineer humans to be twice as smart, and learn as much as an average 30-year-old in 15 years