> Maybe instead we should try investing in this area (reducing the burden on services) This doesn't require any investment or technological development; it jus

> Maybe instead we should try investing in this area (reducing the burden on services) This doesn't require any investment or technological development; it just requires making rational-but-politically-nuclear policy changes reducing the infinite tap of publicly-funded extremely-low-ROI medical expenditures on old people. An absurd fraction of medical spending goes to protracting the suffering of old people just a bit longer. We can simply stop doing that, given the political will to do so. Extending people's lifespans won't do much to alleviate these expenditures, except perhaps to slightly dilute the amortization schedule.