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Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect (www.economist.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect::undefined

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

I doesn't have to be a utopia, it just has to be better than this.

And just in case you didn't know, aging has been reversed in mice and the existence of biologically "immortal" species ("immortal" jellyfish) means it's possible to achieve the same in humans.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's hypothetically possible that we could hack biology enough to become functionally immortal, but do you really want that? Considering the impact 90 year old Senators are having I'm just imagining an ever more out of touch gerantocracy. Imagine young people being born into a world where no one ever retires or dies, and their opinions are fixed based on what they experienced 100 years ago. Change is good.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Change is good indeed. Maybe if people didn't think "eh, I can fuck up the world as I won't be alive to live with the results" they might care a little more. Also, if were able functionally immortal, traveling to a new star system would be well within our possibilities.

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