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Let's make everything about "billionaires" and completely ignore any good news.
by Exuma 6y ago
Let's make everything about "billionaires" and completely ignore any good news.
- fredley 6y agoTo be clear: I do not see this as good news. The only way new life and new ideas arise is in the wake of the deceased. Death is neccessary for life. If those at the top can further cement and accumulate their wealth and power due to living longer lives, this is bad for everyone else.
- commandlinefan 6y agoMaybe not: the only way we're actually going to realistically colonize space as a species is if people live so long that a few hundred years in a spaceship is a reasonable sacrifice. I would imagine that the same people who were willing to spend fortunes on rejuvenation would also be willing to spend fortunes exploring new galaxies.
- ComputerGuru 6y agoMany science fiction writers who envisioned generations born and passing away on spaceships making their intergalactic journey to their new home world would disagree.
- dependenttypes 6y agoWhy even invest in the health system at all then?
- strofcon 6y agoI'm missing the "good news" part...?
- ahupp 6y agoIf the headline was "universal cure for cancer found!", would you also say "I'm missing the good news"?
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- notRobot 6y agoExcept it's nothing like "universal cure of cancer" so what's your point?
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoIt's "universal cure for aging", which, since aging causes death, is even better than "universal cure for cancer"... ... at least, that's what it says. Whether it works at all, and whether it works indefinitely, are still TBD. But again, the same would be true of a claimed universal cure for cancer.
- ahupp 6y agoA universal cure for cancer would increase lifespan by (IIRC) 2 years. This would increase it by lots more. I'm having a hard time drawing a line here that says one is good and one is bad.
- Pfhreak 6y agoDepends on who has access. Do you think everyone will have equal access to this treatment?
- stronglikedan 6y agoAre there any elective treatments that people don't have equal access to?
- pmiller2 6y agoAlmost all of them, due to cost.
- stronglikedan 6y agoBut cost is not access. People save money for elective procedures/treatments all the time, regardless of their income level, indicating that they have the same level of access as anyone else.