I have a hard time imagining a world where the aging process can be reversed, and that is made available to everyone.
Most don't think about it, but as long as we don't destroy ourselves it is almost a certainty. I suspect those being born today will see this eventuality, and it's availability will be a major problem. The elites like the Putin's and Trump's of the world will use it and probably try to control access. Since machines will be doing all the work the elites will probably start to think we need to get rid of some of the excess population. The ajax's of the world we give them the power to do so, and will regret it once the see that while they were not the first on that list, they were always on the list.
If most people don't age you have probably taken away the majority of the ways we die. If people are having kids even at the low numbers we are doing in western countries you would have real problems of over population. Creating new spaces (Mars) only delays the problem for a while.
The population is growing fast in many countries and overpopulation increases the risk of a pandemic. We have to go to Mars sooner or later. Other things can happen like an asteroid impact, and a super volcanic eruption. In the far future we will probably have to go to Venus or to some planet of a nearby star.
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The population is growing fast in many countries and overpopulation increases the risk of a pandemic.
The world population is growing but is also leveling off. Some countries still need to work on lowering their population growth. Reverse aging would make for some major complications in regards to over population. We would have to make major changes to society to accommodate it.
Other things can happen like an asteroid impact, and a super volcanic eruption. We have to go to Mars sooner or later. In the far future we will probably have to
While I favor humanity moving to Mars and elsewhere in the universe, right now even the far north or antarctic are still much more livable then Mars. Even an asteroid or super volcano would still have earth as far more livable then Mars. Venus is probably way to inhospitable for humans to ever live there. Plus you have a sun that is growing hotter over time. Better to move out then in.
The world population is growing but is also leveling off. Some countries still need to work on lowering their population growth.
It is slowing down, but the world's population is projected to be 10 billion by 2060. 2 billion more in just 4 decades is a lot and it does increase the chance of a pandemic. Some scientists think that a world with 10 billion people is a problem. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-d ... on-people/
I have a hard time imagining a world where the aging process can be reversed, and that is made available to everyone.
The life expectancy for an 18 year old was like 40 years in the 12th century.
I don't know that the biomedical tech involved in making this a reality maps onto lifestyle and environmental improvements that translate into society-wide improvements in life expectancy. I'm imagining it's more like access to the internet where it may become more and more obtainable as the costs involved in making it possible go down but there will always be people who can't afford it. And given the nature of this tech, I suspect there would be more than a few people interested in using it for purposes of extending power.
It's unlikely to be made universally available to everyone...if it were to occur at all.
Right, but overpopulation will still be a problem even if we don't reverse aging. We still have to go to Mars in the near future.
Mars will not solve any overpopulation problems in the next century or two. It's like trying to help a person who has to walk to work and the grocery store by buying them an f22 raptor fighter jet instead of a Ford Fusion car.
Okay, let's go to Antarctica.
Places like antartica and the far north have a lot of land and way more resources needed to survive than Mars. Even the MOON may be way better due to it's proximity to earth. Mars will only have a handful of people over the next century, but I do support those efforts.
It's unlikely to be made universally available to everyone...if it were to occur at all.
I don't think it is a matter of if, but when. At this point humanity will have to deal with many issues it raises like authoritarians wanting to hold onto power, and if they control most or all of the world I suspect they will get rid of most of the population as they will not be needed and may be a problem for future rule.
Places like antartica and the far north have a lot of land and way more resources needed to survive than Mars. Even the MOON may be way better due to it's proximity to earth. Mars will only have a handful of people over the next century, but I do support those efforts.
Now that I think about it going to Antarctica is a bad idea. If millions of people move to Antarctica that will probably melt the Polar ice cap faster than global warming, and that could be a problem for coastal cities.
