On Jul 6, 2011, at 2:52 AM, Keith Hudson wrote:
At 21:22 05/07/2011, Barry wrote:
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.
No! The longer the rich live the more likely it is that they'll be
increasingly bypassed by the young. Medical science may well be able
to keep their bodies alive for longer but not to rejuvenate their
brains. The vast bulk of innovative ideas (90%+) arrive in the
rapidly developing frontal lobes of the young, tailing off fairly
rapidly after about 25-30 years of age.
Keith
And yet, with an increased life expectancy, the wealthy will be able
to only increase their strangle-hold on the productivity gains of
those younger creative individuals. And, current thinking is that
creativity doesn't necessarily drop off after a couple of decades. For
many, it simply changes focus and direction.
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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