If you are more privileged you will live longer and have more chances to concentrate money and power for yourself or your family and away from less privileged p

If you are more privileged you will live longer and have more chances to concentrate money and power for yourself or your family and away from less privileged people. It doesn't have to be that way, even in our current system. Metformin was discovered in 1922 and is very low-cost to make. It's available over the counter in many countries but in the US and the EU, you currently need a prescription. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines [1]. It's used primarily for treating type 2 diabetes. What got noticed is diabetes patients on metformin (on average) outlived otherwise healthy people who didn't have diabetes. Turns out it activates some of the longevity pathways being discussed on this thread. People on Metformin are also less likely to die from the diseases of old age: cancer, Alzheimer's and heart disease. Now many doctors are prescribing off-label for patients who want it. There's a major clinical trial going on to see if aging can be treated with metformin [2]. Metformin costs pennies per day to take, so you don't need to be affluent or privileged to afford it. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Model_List_of_Essential_Medicines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHO_Model_List_of_Essential_Me... [2]: "The TAME (Targeting Aging with Metformin) Trial": https://www.afar.org/tame-trial https://www.afar.org/tame-trial