Will Humans Ever Live 200 Years?
Futurists like Aubrey DeGrey have said that eliminating just a few diseases and coming up with new treatments for aging could lead to 1,000- year -old humans. DeGrey, who has been pushing his ideas on rejuvenation and life-extension, has gotten some deep-pocketed company in the past year.
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The real question is, would you want to live that long?
ReplyDeleteRetirement age will have to go up as well, as it is, by the time I get to that age it will probably be in the 70's or even 80's. Imagine retiring and having half your life left?
ReplyDeleteDepends...If I'm able to run at 150...all good then. If I'm a veggie..heck no!
ReplyDeleteBeach and cocktails Sam Collett
ReplyDeleteAnti aging? Good, a very good way to pick a pocket or two .. but one have to believe in that, you know?
ReplyDeleteJust do it! ;-)
Sounds good, I'll be mocktail though, with a good book or Kindle, maybe writing or with camera. You could have robo-legs for running if you want
ReplyDeleteSam Collett Actually, the idea of having to work is what needs to change. Our current economy is one based on the necessity of human manual labor and extraction of value by a handful of people. That system is not inevitable, especially as more and more tasks become automated.
ReplyDeleteArguably, we already have the technology today to support everyone on the planet at a reasonable standard of living, with only those who want to "work" having to work. By the time humans are living 200 years, we will need to have resolved this issue. Rather than the retirement age increasing, I suspect it will actually decrease, possibly to zero.
Imagine having your entire life to engage in enjoyable tasks. Imagine the kinds of things you could produce if you weren't tied to a "job."
We spend too much of our lives working for someone else's benefit, so don't really 'live'. That is why having a job you enjoy is a great thing
ReplyDeleteOnly rich people want to live so long, in large part to control others. After a while, the party gets boring and you want to leave. Ask Methuselah.
ReplyDeleteWill it increase or decease our productivity? Why do something today when there will most always be a tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteMost people don't care about productivity now, since all of the benefits of those productivity gains are being siphoned off to a few corporate owners, and most workers are seeing a decrease in compensation on an inflation-adjusted basis.
ReplyDeleteWhy is the picture that of a white male? Suppose you'd be destined to live for centuries, only having to chose between living through the duration with brains (but no genitals) or with genitals (but no brains); which would you chose?
ReplyDeleteEcology. We are living on the planet, not in Eden. There is given amount of resources. There is limited space to use.
ReplyDeleteSo, imagine a boring world of childless multi-centenarians. World of "old children", constantly seeking for joy and/or new toys. Or rather, imagine the world of countless wars for resources. Wars between rich and poor. Even if we go into the space, humans will always be humans – looking for power and popularity. Such traits goes from our deepest ancestry and in some sense define us…