Would you want to live beyond 100?
New technology may soon allow us to live life up to 150 years of age. Would you really want to?
Let's think about some of the wider ramifications of this.
If we retire at 65, you leave yourself a long, long time to decline. Will this push the retirement age up substantially?
If we look at the social justice perspective of this, breaking things down to the haves vs have-nots, how is it fair to raise the retirement age beyond what it is now, especially if you are unable to work due to the inability to afford the use of the drugs?
What about the aged care system, potentially having to support aged people for longer? Ditto the health system, although one could see them making a lot more money out of this idea...
There's no guarantee that everyone will live to the full 150 years. Suppose you do and all your mates only live until, say, 120? It'll potentially make for a lonely existence in the last years...
Discuss.
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