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Will nano tech really let humans live longer and longer?
GaleHawkins
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businessinsider.com/googles-chief-futurist-thinks-we-could-start-living-forever-by-2029-2016-4
"The second is work being done at Joslin Diabetes Center in Connecticut, which has used biotechnology to turn off the fat insulin receptor gene in animals, allowing them to eat large quantities of food without developing diabetes or gaining weight. By hacking the human body we can ditch millennia-old genes that serve no purpose and increase our lifespan significantly."
"The second is work being done at Joslin Diabetes Center in Connecticut, which has used biotechnology to turn off the fat insulin receptor gene in animals, allowing them to eat large quantities of food without developing diabetes or gaining weight. By hacking the human body we can ditch millennia-old genes that serve no purpose and increase our lifespan significantly."
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I want some. Who do I send a check to?0
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It will help us live longer.
Or end us...as speculated in the Grey Goo Hypothesis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo
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Whenever I'm looking for accurate science reporting, I go to a Business Insider article quoting an interview from Playboy.
Wait, wut?5 -
I think long term safety will be harder to predict than childhood vaccines...2
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MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?3 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?
I'd pay 8.75 (matinee) to see that. Is it in 3D?2 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?
I'd pay 8.75 (matinee) to see that. Is it in 3D?
Pretty sure this was supposed to be the plot of Jupiter Ascending.
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?
I'd pay 8.75 (matinee) to see that. Is it in 3D?
Pretty sure this was supposed to be the plot of Jupiter Ascending.
I don't discriminate against recycled intellectual property, I just want it to be done well...
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sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?
I'd pay 8.75 (matinee) to see that. Is it in 3D?
Pretty sure this was supposed to be the plot of Jupiter Ascending.
The tomato meter rates that one a 26. I haven't seen it, but if that's the plot they can do better.1 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?
I'd pay 8.75 (matinee) to see that. Is it in 3D?
Wow! The matinee locally is $6 but $7 of 3D.
Criminal now showing shows the brain info transfer technology concept plus I thought it was a good movie. The science writers seem to run 20-40 years of the implementation of new technologies. Nano tech some think is going to be a game changer. Flipping gene expression will be huge for sure.0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?0 -
If any of you have played Metal Gear Solid you know this can't be good!
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Personally, I just want to be a full cyborg already1 -
mespreeman wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?
You all are killing my perfect dystopian vision0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »mespreeman wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?
You all are killing my perfect dystopian vision
Would you settle for an imperfect dystopian vision?0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »mespreeman wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?
You all are killing my perfect dystopian vision
Would you settle for an imperfect dystopian vision?
I see imperfect being filmed in color as a musical. It's all wrong.1 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »mespreeman wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?
You all are killing my perfect dystopian vision
Would you settle for an imperfect dystopian vision?
I see imperfect being filmed in color as a musical. It's all wrong.
How about "Mad Max - The Fury Road Musical, Starring Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman"?0 -
sunnybeaches105 wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »mespreeman wrote: »sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Pricing this technology would be interesting because one would want to charge as much as possible but yet avoid the severe public relations disaster and regulatory reaction from going too far. Then, we have the risks of overcrowding and severe economic disparity that would naturally result from allowing the billionaires who would first be able to afford it to live forever. Would society develop into two groups, those wealthy enough to become immortal and who would eventually control all capital, and the remaining mortal serfs?sunnybeaches105 wrote: »MommyL2015 wrote: »I want some. Who do I send a check to?
Wasn't this the plot of a Justin Timberlake movie?
You all are killing my perfect dystopian vision
Would you settle for an imperfect dystopian vision?
I see imperfect being filmed in color as a musical. It's all wrong.
How about "Mad Max - The Fury Road Musical, Starring Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman"?
The lack of nanobots, Grey Goo, and a real backstory killed it for me.0 -
Yikes. Imagine someone hacking your nanobots... nope.0
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It could deplete the world's food sources faster. So while the amount we have now may be fine (though it would be nice to be able to fully share it with everyone), I could see a lot of over farming happening and eventually might make people/animals die.0
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