[extropy-chat] Extropy #15 Timeline

[Dirk Bruere]

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> David Lubkin wrote:
> >
> > The nevers surprise me, particularly for "Two Century Biological
Lifespans."
>
> Apparently what they meant is we would go straight from lifespans
> shorter than two centuries to indefinite lifespans. (Drexler even gives
> 1967 for indefinite lifespan.)


Personally, I prefer 1953.
However, the real question is when will life expectance be extended by
medical technique to an equivalent of the 'singularity' ie when will life
expectancy be rising at >1 yr per yr? I'd say that would be around the 2020
mark.

Dirk

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