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Most entrepreneurs are interested in investing longevity of life.

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ilovescience
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Posted on Apr 27, 2022, 5:47 am
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It came as a surprise to me that some aren't interested in it. Here is the link to article.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/science/why-elon-musk-is-not-interested-in-longevity-of-life-13131252.htm

It seems there may soon be medicine that helps us live better later in life. We easily get ill as we past age of 65.
Scientists probably have found solution in medicine that helps us stay away from diseases.

It may also extend our lifespans for decades.

Most entrepreneurs are interested,  but some aren't.

Do you think our society will be stuck in old idea if everyone lives very long life?
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Posted on Apr 27, 2022, 2:09 pm
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Quote from: ilovescience on April 27, 2022, 05:47:17 AMIt came as a surprise to me that some aren't interested in it. Here is the link to article.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/science/why-elon-musk-is-not-interested-in-longevity-of-life-13131252.htm

It seems there may soon be medicine that helps us live better later in life. We easily get ill as we past age of 65.
Scientists probably have found solution in medicine that helps us stay away from diseases.

It may also extend our lifespans for decades.

Most entrepreneurs are interested,  but some aren't.

Do you think our society will be stuck in old idea if everyone lives very long life?

I think most people who are enjoying life want to live healthy longer. I sure would.
Increased longevity would definitely increase the wealth and power gap though, which seems like it would be a big issue since it's already an issue now.

Elon's perspective is consistent with his overall mission of improving the odds of survival for humanity as a whole.
I agree that the vast majority of people don't change their perspectives very easily, and new ideas are born from young people, but new ideas may not always be correct.
However, like many have mentioned, in the American political system age limits are a simple solution that would fix a lot of the current issues with the government.
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Posted on Apr 30, 2022, 4:23 am
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Quote from: BelowTheMean on April 27, 2022, 02:09:45 PMI think most people who are enjoying life want to live healthy longer. I sure would.
Increased longevity would definitely increase the wealth and power gap though, which seems like it would be a big issue since it's already an issue now.

Elon's perspective is consistent with his overall mission of improving the odds of survival for humanity as a whole.
I agree that the vast majority of people don't change their perspectives very easily, and new ideas are born from young people, but new ideas may not always be correct.
However, like many have mentioned, in the American political system age limits are a simple solution that would fix a lot of the current issues with the government.
Increased longevity, some people like it and some don't. But it would give us more chances to do more things in lives, and only that we could better understand the world, e.g. travel to space.

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Posted on Apr 30, 2022, 11:12 pm
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Quote from: ilovescience on April 27, 2022, 05:47:17 AMIt came as a surprise to me that some aren't interested in it. Here is the link to article.
https://www.cnbctv18.com/science/why-elon-musk-is-not-interested-in-longevity-of-life-13131252.htm

It seems there may soon be medicine that helps us live better later in life. We easily get ill as we past age of 65.
Scientists probably have found solution in medicine that helps us stay away from diseases.

It may also extend our lifespans for decades.

Most entrepreneurs are interested,  but some aren't.

Do you think our society will be stuck in old idea if everyone lives very long life?

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Posted on May 3, 2022, 9:43 am
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Yeah I agree upon BelowtheMean if you are short it sucks if you live long.
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Posted on May 3, 2022, 5:35 pm
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Elon is dumb for that. This will be a huge industry (already is) and his statements only really apply if everything in the world remains constant except longevity of life. he's double stupid for that because he himself is working on augmenting humans (neuralink), and if we augment humans we can get past basically anything
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Posted on May 4, 2022, 5:22 pm
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Quote from: codingreallysucks on May 03, 2022, 09:43:33 AMYeah I agree upon BelowtheMean if you are short it sucks if you live long.

If I knew for sure that I was going to live for another 100+ years in a healthy body, I'd consider doing my tibias and humerus too Most entrepreneurs are interested in investing longevity of life.
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Posted on May 6, 2022, 3:59 am
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Quote from: oklama on May 03, 2022, 05:35:41 PMElon is dumb for that. This will be a huge industry (already is) and his statements only really apply if everything in the world remains constant except longevity of life. he's double stupid for that because he himself is working on augmenting humans (neuralink), and if we augment humans we can get past basically anything

I think after VR, longevity of life and regenerative medicine will be the next big industry.
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Posted on May 6, 2022, 4:03 am
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Quote from: BelowTheMean on May 04, 2022, 05:22:34 PMIf I knew for sure that I was going to live for another 100+ years in a healthy body, I'd consider doing my tibias and humerus too Most entrepreneurs are interested in investing longevity of life.
Some experts predicted some of people may choose to become cyborgs. Looks like lots of things might happen in near future.

Some also predicted that people who were born after 1950 have a chance to add another at least 30 to 50 years of lifespan to their lifespans, before 2040. Is it possible based on how far our medicine has progressed so far?
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Posted on May 16, 2022, 7:57 am
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Yeah if u can make sure you were rich with long lifespan, you can consider new technologies that can increase your height in the future, since most of people can not avail themselves of them because they don't have enough money anyway.
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