Yeah if people can live 1000 years they will probably become more risk adverse. I don't buy the argument at all; I think we'll end up with just as many elderly people --- or maybe even more person-years of infirm-but-not-dying. And while I don't think this has to be bad for society, I think it will be unless we fix a bunch of problems first.
The individualist myopia with all things life-extension is staggering.
I am not saying anything negative about life extension, I would love to avoid aging. Someone is going to be that cautious simply based on their personality. However, someone isn’t everyone more importantly even healthy 70 year olds are at increased risks.
Let’s push things to a 1,000,000,000 years theoretical lifespan. At that point freak accidents are extremely deadly. Essentially your arguing people will 1:1 become more cautious as lifespan increases. Further, that caution will make a difference, you can play it safe that’s not going to prevent terrorist bombings etc on those timescales.
I do agree there is a point where accidents will predominate, but one simple drug doesn't seem like something that would get us anywhere near that, no?
I agree and would be extremely excited if it added even 10%. On the other hand I also doubt people would stop speeding because a cheap drug extended healthy lifespan by say 10 years. It’s an obvious thing to take, but people don’t seem to care that much. Just look the effort it took to get people to use seatbelts.
The individualist myopia with all things life-extension is staggering.