This has been an interesting "what if" that I have been mulling over in my head recently.
This is fairly good potential that medical science could significantly extend the average age of humans in the next couple of generations; to the order of 100 to 120 years or more. Let us say that people now live to be 120 years old on average, with a good quality of life. The questions this brings up to me is what effects on society might this have. When does one retire? Would an education one received by one's 20s last one for the next century? What does having ones family in the first quarter of ones life mean, when one is basically little more then a child by percentage of ones potential lifespan? Can one career suffice for the seven or eight decades of a working life? I imagine that people could end up with two or three cycles of higher-education, career, retirement/teaching during ones lifetime. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ...-----Original Message----- ...From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 11:45 AM ...To: CF-Community ...Subject: Re: Grandparents ... ...I intend to live forever. So far, so good. ... ...:) Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145600 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
