3 comments

  • layer8 46 minutes ago
    If something like this ever becomes a practical application on the organismal level, the octogenarian dictators of the world will rejoice.
    • torben-friis 26 minutes ago
      Eh, we might see some benefit to leaders having a reason to care about stuff 10+ years from now.
      • axus 13 minutes ago
        That'll be the commoners' problem; they'll be planning out how to survive the next 300 years.
    • EA-3167 32 minutes ago
      I’d be far more worried about this causing turbo cancer than immortality in dictators.
      • King-Aaron 28 minutes ago
        It might be beneficial if it gives turbo cancer to the dictators, of course.
    • moralestapia 44 minutes ago
      To expand, we might find out the hard way that having an expiration date was a feature of our species, not a flaw.
    • yieldcrv 42 minutes ago
      and the bourgeoisie, a temporary regulation would be needed in those areas of the world to separate the upper class from the capability of the rulers

      in western nations where that’s not possible, I could see national bans, but one weak link globally and everyone wealthy will get their treatment there

      • SOLAR_FIELDS 40 minutes ago
        The world of Altered Carbon seems more and more possible every day.
        • Bluestein 17 minutes ago
          My goodness, what a show that was.-
      • Loughla 23 minutes ago
        An undying trillionaire class definitely sounds like a possible future. Not an ideal one, mind you, but definitely in the realm of possibilities.

        I'm calling it now, Qatar will be the place that allows these treatments once they're a real thing.

        I have to imagine the Uber wealthy are pouring money into youthful longevity science.

      • lilycarranza999 26 minutes ago
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  • inshard 19 minutes ago
    Slightly tangential: Michael Levin’s work on bioelectricity and cell reprogramming is pretty interesting in context of emergent behaviors in groups of cells. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Levin_(biologist)
  • m463 45 minutes ago

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    sigh.