[extropy-chat] the (scary) future of pro-death bioethicsandlegislation

[Amara Graps]

Spike:
>Ja, I agree with all of this.  My notion is much more narrowly
>focused however: governments will be no help at all in the pursuit
>of life extension.

The smarter governments will want their slaves to work longer, so that
their pensions won't kick in until much later.

('Smart' and 'Government'  ?  Nah... can't be true )

>The second biggest problem is that industry, with its collective
>money and science behind it, is not particularly interested in
>life extension.  Industry is very interested in *youth* extension,
>giving us viagra and baldness treatments, along with a seemly
>halfhearted scattering of cures for some diseases.  But overall,
>I see practically nothing from industry for true life extension.

I think that a smart industrialist could see the potential for
bootstrapping off of the beauty industry.

>But the biggest problem is that very few people are interested
>in life extension.

Because they don't trust that they can live *better* if they live
*longer*. Who wants to live longer if they are bedridden, attached
to tubes?

In my view, that is the angle on which to pay attention, that
is, Living *Well*, *Longer* .

Amara

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