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I'm sorry to say it, but I always feel incredibly cynical about longevity tech. If we had a treatment that could extend people's lives indefinitely, what would
by davesque 8y ago
I'm sorry to say it, but I always feel incredibly cynical about longevity tech. If we had a treatment that could extend people's lives indefinitely, what would that do? It would essentially put a price tag on life in a more direct way than we've seen before. It's hard to imagine that the powers that be would want everyone to have fair access to it.
Obviously, this kind of treatment wouldn't at first be widely available even if it worked. So how do we decide who gets it?
- vagab0nd 8y agoMay I ask, why you don't feel the same way for any other medical research that saves lives? What's so different about curing aging?
- davesque 8y agoWhy do you assume I don't feel the same way about the things you mention? In general, I think the economic incentives for medical tech are fucked up.
- vagab0nd 8y agoWell, you mentioned you "feel incredibly cynical about longevity tech", which seems to suggest that you feel differently on this particular type of research compared to others.