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[sophiaserpentia]

Currently I am reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson.

Among other things, this book has me contemplating the ethics of longevity treatment. At this point, the prospect of a gene-based therapy to stave off the effects of aging appears to be more of a matter of when as opposed to if. The implications of this are far-ranging and deserve attention.

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Good thoughts. I can follow your train of thought, actually. I wonder, though, whether society would accept being divided into "methuselahs" and, um, "non-methuselahs." Why not, though? We seem to have evolved with a natural acceptance of aristocracy and social heirarchy.