It is perfectly obvious to me that the biomedical longevity treatments
will be reserved for wealthy Americans, and for those in the rest of
the world who have single-payer medical systems (lucky Canadians &
Brits!). The rest of us will be left to fight for scraps among
ourselves until we starve to death, succumb to one or another plague,
or are eliminated in one or another of the resource wars.
Cheers!
Barry
On Jul 5, 2011, at 4:08 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
A biomedical gerontologist and chief scientist of a foundation
dedicated to longevity research, de Grey reckons that within his own
lifetime doctors could have all the tools they need to "cure" aging
-- banishing diseases that come with it and extending life
indefinitely.
In another foray to bridge C.P. Snow's cultural divide, I suggest
Bruce Sterling's _Holy Fire_, a novel that projects the economics, the
society and the concomitant psychological landscape were this research
to come gradually to fruition.
Pace Keith, the matters of overpopulation and resource depletion are
(I would assume intentionally) avoided in order to address the
implications of extended life technology.
- Mike
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