Has anyone thought of the financial / political repercussions of this?
If people can live until they are 150 years old what are we going to do about pensions? Raise it to 100 years old? What happens to people who can't afford anti-aging medication? Do they not ever reach pension age?
Will healthcare pay for anti-aging treatment?
I'd prefer to donate to cybernetics systems, replacing your old parts with electronic parts are a lot more "natural" form of human evolution.
Jani just returned from a 6 month peace-keeping tour in Afgahnistan, one of his co-workers was killed in what was called a deliberate attack on a UN position.
Regardless of stupid things that he said, I think it's VERY poor taste to post an emotional outburst (which was timestamped at 2am - yes, it's real) and to make such a big deal over this.
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Has anyone thought of the financial / political repercussions of this?
If people can live until they are 150 years old what are we going to do about pensions? Raise it to 100 years old? What happens to people who can't afford anti-aging medication? Do they not ever reach pension age?
Will healthcare pay for anti-aging treatment?
I'd prefer to donate to cybernetics systems, replacing your old parts with electronic parts are a lot more "natural" form of human evolution.
10 years of annoucing minor point Linux Kernel releases, and then Linux's 15th birthday doesn't even make it to the front page.
Jani just returned from a 6 month peace-keeping tour in Afgahnistan, one of his co-workers was killed in what was called a deliberate attack on a UN position.
Regardless of stupid things that he said, I think it's VERY poor taste to post an emotional outburst (which was timestamped at 2am - yes, it's real) and to make such a big deal over this.
Move on people...