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
Progress happens one funeral at a time, and new generations need the space to grow and find themselves without the tutelage or control of the elderly. Even a lifespan of 200 years would be catastrophic socially - and probably physically, too.
It’s been bad enough over the past forty years with leadership failure to move over and allow ideas that are better adapted to the reality of a changing planet. Humans typically gain political and financial power as they age, and this would result in a gerontocracy, as if we don’t effectively have one already.
Progress happens one funeral at a time, and new generations need the space to grow and find themselves without the tutelage or control of the elderly. Even a lifespan of 200 years would be catastrophic socially - and probably physically, too.
It’s been bad enough over the past forty years with leadership failure to move over and allow ideas that are better adapted to the reality of a changing planet. Humans typically gain political and financial power as they age, and this would result in a gerontocracy, as if we don’t effectively have one already.