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I get the sense that we are closing in on something, and that in the next 5 years or so we are likely to see the first anti-aging drug or therapy that's been de
by api 5y ago
I get the sense that we are closing in on something, and that in the next 5 years or so we are likely to see the first anti-aging drug or therapy that's been demonstrated to actually work to slow or slightly reverse aging. It ain't going to be biological immortality sci-fi stuff but it might extend your life span or "health span" more than conventional things like diet, exercise, etc. could accomplish alone. It will also mark the start of a new era of medicine.
- alluro2 5y agoIn that case, I'm not worried about medicine, I'm worried about how our socioeconomic immaturity will play out the future in which the elite has access to aging-reversing and potentially disease-eradicating drugs, while the rest is left to die off in an ever-worsening environment...
- sidlls 5y agoThe labor that the poors do will be automated away long before we have those drugs. I'd be more worried about the discontented Malthusian horde that awaits if we don't do something to provide for these these human beings and ensure they can live dignified lives as we erode their occupations away.