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DrImNotFukingSelling t1_j5vn3ot wrote

Gerontology would be my guess as they will have the most relevant data and expertise in aging and the consequences that must be considered and what a reversing of those would equate to.

Honestly with socialized medical in western nations expanding, they can’t afford to let that many live that long unless big pharma starts curing diseases instead or prolonging life on their meds.

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SaintLouisduHaHa t1_j5vqt00 wrote

Depending on exactly how the process works, the ability to treat a lot of degenerative diseases fairly simply and presumably fewer beds required for long term care, the economics of life extension might work out as a net positive. Dying is expensive, so if you largely eliminate that cost it can change things and the current “cure aging in mice” research looks to be a fairly simple process that may scale quite well.

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DrImNotFukingSelling t1_j5yopax wrote

Dying is the best possible answer for nation states as the tax and inheritances pay more than the social programs and tax’s loopholes given out.

Nations do not want to spend on individuals when spending on companies who buy them out pay so much better.

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b1ue_jellybean t1_j5y5qbi wrote

I’d argue the opposite, with the birth rate slowing many western nations won’t be able to afford their citizens dying (or retiring) cause they need them to keep working so that the economy doesn’t collapse.

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DrImNotFukingSelling t1_j5yob40 wrote

Immortality will mean any birth rate above zero will cause real issues economically and socially. Global or national, birth rates will need to be contained once this ball is rolling.

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SARSSUCKS t1_j6349cu wrote

Yes makes sense but it’s often phds that design the hammers and mds that use them

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johnp299 t1_j5yx66n wrote

Gerontology is about the elderly, but the whole area has only been about studying the aging process and managing problems. No wise guy or lady to my knowledge has stood up and said let's approach as an engineering problem and fix it.

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DrImNotFukingSelling t1_j5z0lwg wrote

That’s the immortality paradox. You have to know where we are to begin a systematic physiological evaluation of all disciplines needed to solve this problem.

Lol, as much as I’d love to see this evolve, it will be a 1%er fad for a century at least if not longer and they have the ego to live forever if they don’t kill themselves first. Common folk won’t be part of the plan after trials are complete.

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