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I'm reminded of one of Elisabeth Moon's science fiction series, in a world where life extension has been available to the rich for about fifty years or so. One of the consequences is that opportunities for advancement have dried up -- in business, politics, the military: The ones on top stay on top. This leads to unrest, and military aggression to create more expansion room. An interesting take!
I wonder if life extension would make more people take the environmental crisis more seriously. If you know you'll live long enough to see even more severe results of global warming and ecocide, would you be more willing to act to keep it in check?
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