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I hope we get to the Idiocracy timeline before the one you describe
by dylan604 1mo ago
I hope we get to the Idiocracy timeline before the one you describe
- WeAreCooked 1mo agoWe are there now. Nobody is working on solving death/aging. You have to pay rent, go to work, companies have average Joe’s shilling for them. The entire society is death marching toward - well - death! And nobody notices or cares in the slightest. The vast majority of people think they will live for all of eternity “in heaven” and many others just don’t even think about it. The shortness and pointlessness of their lives doesn’t even cross their minds - worse - they think the point is feelings! And so it’s a war of who can have the best feelings for ~80 years and that’s it. Doesn’t get any more idiotic than present day wealth inequality and total lack and void of real intellectual pursuits
- lotsofpulp 1mo agoWhat does solving death/aging mean? Humans have figured out an easy medicine to reduce weight, which is the number 1 causal factor in morbidity/mortality. There are also novel cancer immunotherapy medicines that are drastically increasing quality and quantity of life for cancer patients, like keytruda and blinatumomab.
- joquarky 1mo ago> immunotherapy medicines that are drastically increasing quality and quantity of life for cancer patients For wealthy cancer patients.
- lotsofpulp 1mo agoIt should be available to most Americans, via Medicaid/Medicare/Insurance. I imagine it is available most Europeans/Canadians/Australians/etc too. I guess they are wealthy though compared to the billions of people in poorer countries.
- breadloser 1mo agoI still say the [Waldo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment) timeline fits closer. Just a bunch of empty signifiers stuffed into a costume.