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Before we extend life span much, we first need to work on dementia. It won’t be pretty to have a lot of very people with dementia.
by rqtwteye 3y ago
Before we extend life span much, we first need to work on dementia. It won’t be pretty to have a lot of very people with dementia.
- khaki54 3y agoAgree. Does no good to have 200 year old people with osteoporosis, extreme cancer, and dementia.
- literalAardvark 3y agoAside from a handful of rare genetic issues and unlucky coin tosses, none of those are likely with a healthy lifestyle. We do have a frailty problem in old people, but pushing that back is more or less what "longevity" research is trying to do.
- JPLeRouzic 3y ago> "Aside from a handful of rare genetic issues and unlucky coin tosses, none of those are likely with a healthy lifestyle." I guess you are a young person!
- literalAardvark 3y agoThat would depend on one's definition of young. I'm not young enough to get hired in faang.
- istjohn 3y agoAnd the process of scientific advancement. If science advances one funeral at a time, as the quote goes, the end of funerals is perilous for human advancement. Also, wealth redistribution will need to be addressed if Rockefellers, Musks, and Bezos's are going to live in perpetuity. I suppose we should add politics to the list. We're already plagued by political dynasties, e.g. the Clintons, the Bush's, the Kennedies. And it's common for senators and congresspeople to have de-facto lifetime tenure. Can you imagine still having Confederate veterans in the Senate today?