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OpEd Piece on Extended Life Expectancy

Posted by michael on from the read-holy-fire-by-sterling dept.

daksis writes "CNN has posted an OpEd piece from the New York Times that raises some interesting issues. With the current advances in biology, we as a society are facing the real possibility that "immortality" could some day be the norm. What sort of social impact can we expect when/if life expectancies are measured in centuries?"

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  1. Aubrey de Grey interview by jweeld · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's an interesting and much less fluffy interview with the guy quoted at the top of the piece.

    QED