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Future Of Growing Older

Mo Rocca

CBS News

Posted: Sep 28, 2009

Mo Rocca talks with Ray Kurzweil and the IEET’s J. Hughes about the future of human beings and the increasing longevity of human life.

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Mark Plus • Mayer, AZ, USA, Earth • Sep 29, 2009

Too bad these developments make no sense in our current economic reality. Ray Kurzweil writes about a "law of accelerating returns," but we need a "law of accelerating real incomes" just to pay for current healthcare, much less all this futuristic medicine. I know people in their 40's who've already consumed more healthcare resources than they could possibly afford with their lifetime earnings.

If anything, regardless of the current ill-considered "reform" efforts and Aubrey's and Ray's science fictional fantasies, we seem likely to head into a situation where only the richest people can afford healthcare and the rest of us will have to take our chances without it.

Air420 • • Oct 9, 2009

Good thing I'm a Canadian/British citizen then eh mark?

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