>(1) is precisely my concern. Death is the last great leveller. What happens when the rich become exempt? I think then they become gods ... on no basis then oth

>(1) is precisely my concern. Death is the last great leveller. What happens when the rich become exempt? I think then they become gods ... on no basis then other than their ability to hoard coins. What exactly is the problem here? If you don't want them becoming gods, then it's very simple: pass some laws forcing wealth redistribution. Rich people aren't gods, and don't have super-powers. They are as easily stopped or killed as any other human. And they're just as subject to laws as the rest of us, in a country that has rule-of-law. So it's very simple: pass a law. If your country refuses to do that and lets the rich become god-like, that's because the people in your country want it that way. >What happens when one segment gets immortality and a far larger population gets nothing? What happens when one segment of the population gets advanced computing equipment, like smartphones, and a far larger population gets nothing? How are things working out right now, where only a very, very small portion of our population has smartphones and personal computers, while most of our population has landlines at best, or has to write letters and mail them, and has to do all their work with pencil and paper? Oh wait, it isn't like that at all: even poor people have smartphones and computers. Why do you think that immortality will be some highly limited thing?