> by 2050 they’ll have some serious tools to extend their healthy lifespans

FTFY.

We live in a harsh unequal system dominated by profit-seeking markets. As if access to life extension is going to be socialised.

Basic healthcare in the US is still tied to employment, and people are still commonly bankrupted

My bet: multi million dollar per year subscription models. “Eat shit and die, peasants” is the way our system treats MOST people right now, why would we expect this to be any different.

Political revolution away from a greedy capitalist system remains the most important project to improving the average persons lifespan.

Access is still a way more important and far-fetched project even than discovery.