Aditya Kapil wrote [at 12:03 PM 8/9/2006] :
Most large pharma are working on anti-ageing products. I am not an expert on the area but would like to think they are on to something given the $1 billion or so that it takes to bring a single drug into the market. If something comes out I'd like to live till I am 600 only so that I can buy all the cool gizmos. I love my toys.
ObSFReference: _Strata_ by Terry Pratchett, a rare early SF novel. Cracking good read, too.
The bit that is of interest in this context is "the company" paying in days. That is, you live one day longer for every "day" paid to you by the company.
Lots of other cool ideas in the book too, most of which are tossed off at high speed and not explored further.
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