Escape velocity is a powerful idea. Live long enough to live forever. If you were born in 1945, living to 2027 is very likely. In 20 years, do you really thin

Escape velocity is a powerful idea. Live long enough to live forever. If you were born in 1945, living to 2027 is very likely. In 20 years, do you really think life expectancy will be stuck at 82? My dad was born in 1946 and most of his elders lived beyond 86. My reasonable assumption is that he will live to 100. My optimistic assumption is that 40 years from now, he will have access to much better technology, and will live well beyond 100. One big reason to have confidence in this is that there are trillions of dollars backing the boomers' goals. As they age, people will take the "cure aging" movement more seriously.