I really dont understand Donald. I think its obvious as an old man, his time is running low.

Surely a man of his age should realise you cant cheat the grimreaper, and even the reaper doesnt accept bribes.

I'm kinda surprised the super rich haven't found a way to prolong life somehow. I would have expected that to happen. But nature seems to have this pretty heavily locked down (I guess because evolution doesn't work without it)

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MiroslavPokorny 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Being rich doesnt mean one is intelligent.

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wolvoleo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

No but being rich does mean one can hire a lot of intelligent people to figure it out for them. A LOT.

The thing is, if someone figures out something against aging, you can bet it will be made incredibly expensive. After all, the planet will have a massive problem if everyone starts using it. Basically every problem we have on this world would increase massively, from global warming to housing, energy, pollution, traffic.

So it will be limited to the few and in our society that means the most wealthy (not that I agree with that but it is what it is).

So they would probably keep it secret and expensive, but they'd also be very motivated to invest in it because it would be insanely profitable. And they would benefit personally by living longer obviously. I'm sure those people with hundreds of billions in the bank think about these things.

I'm pretty sure someone like Elon Musk would eventually invest in that. Right now he's probably a bit too young to worry about ageing. But he's someone who believes in technology shaping the future of humanity. And he's got the money to try.

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MiroslavPokorny 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you sure ?

I guess that would explain Donald, recent success in international affairs.

Heres another secret, look around you, more competition doesnt bring prices down.

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wolvoleo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't understand what this has to do with the point I'm making.

I'm not saying that rich people are smart or that being smart makes you rich. I think it's more a focus on money at all costs.

However I'm saying I'm surprised they haven't used that wealth to make smart people figure out a way to live forever for themselves. Or maybe they did try but failed.

It won't come to us normal people, I'm very sure of that.

	▲	MiroslavPokorny an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Look at the well being industry, and by that im including orthodox and alternative medicine. Im not sponsoring or giving credit to the later, im simply pointing out the market is full of many choices. The later is filled with ways to spend a lot of money and get almost nothing back. Dumb people even if they arent rich dont have any special ability to find people who can promise and deliver live forever pills.