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You would think countries with looming demographic crises due to aging populations (Japan comes to mind) would be pouring money into anti-aging research.

• Sophistifunk 9y ago
  Wouldn't that make it worse? But I feel Japan will deal with the ageing population the way they deal with everything else. Glorious self-sacrifice for order and the group.
  • DennisP 9y ago
    It'd make it better. Biologically old people are expensive, since aging tends to come with all sorts of horrible degenerative diseases. Reverse those and your old people are cheaper. If your treatments are really effective you might even be able to put them back to work.
    • adrianN 9y ago
      Good luck explaining someone over eighty that thanks to this new drug they can go back to their exciting sarariman position.
      • DennisP 9y ago
        Compared to dying of old age, I suspect most people would be fine with it.
      • jcadam 9y ago
        Well, you don't have to force people to accept the treatment. Many will take it voluntarily, while some will choose to let "nature take its course."
• Erlich_Bachman 9y ago
  Japan is (probably the only) country where a minister from the government is publicly saying to it's old population to "die faster already, stop wasting resources of the country". Somehow Japan's culture does not seem to be really fit for this kind of research ;). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/22/elderly-hurry-up-die-japanese https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jan/22/elderly-hurry-...