I've just commented on another post about this. There is work being done with the explicit aim of halting the aging process but it does raise one really important issue, roughly 160,000 people die every day, mainly from age related diseases. If we could stop these deaths then the world would become even more over populated.
I think if we had space colonies and limited ourselves to having one or two children, immortality would be feasible. People would inevitably die of some other cause, eventually. Perhaps a society of immortals would have a culture where they voluntarily commit suicide when they feel like they're done with life.
If you could extend your life 10x, would you do it?
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I've just commented on another post about this. There is work being done with the explicit aim of halting the aging process but it does raise one really important issue, roughly 160,000 people die every day, mainly from age related diseases. If we could stop these deaths then the world would become even more over populated.
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The solution is simple: Have the people who cannot afford treatment die off. Because that is what is going to happen.
I think if we had space colonies and limited ourselves to having one or two children, immortality would be feasible. People would inevitably die of some other cause, eventually. Perhaps a society of immortals would have a culture where they voluntarily commit suicide when they feel like they're done with life.