Forget about anti-aging treatments or drinking red wine. Prof. Charles Brenner bursts the balloon inflated by the booming longevity industry, and explains why there is no way to defeat death
I think there’s a very reasonable probability that, if you’re under 60 now, you might live to 200 – and who knows what else medicine and engineering can do 140 plus years in the future.
Developed nations have pretty huge incentives to keep their population able to pay taxes, so I think this won’t be too expensive. Maybe for the first few years, until the prices will inevitably come down.
I think there’s a very reasonable probability that, if you’re under 60 now, you might live to 200 – and who knows what else medicine and engineering can do 140 plus years in the future.
If you can afford it…
Developed nations have pretty huge incentives to keep their population able to pay taxes, so I think this won’t be too expensive. Maybe for the first few years, until the prices will inevitably come down.
I guess working to pay for live saving treatment can be taxed (insulin prices). Not attacking you, but I sure hope you’re right
The USA might be the outlier here, but EU countries or Japan handle healthcare differently.