Elf Sternberg

It would need a whole string of miracles for this to make any difference to me, but there are parents reading this who have smart kids, curious as all heck, who might be able to use an extended lifespan.

And it does seem that sopcieties react to the perception of a reduced need for children. Life expectancy goes up, and birth rate goes down.

I may be some sort of cock-eyed optimist, and there are a lot of things that could make life hell for the next generation, but I don't think life extension is likely to happen soon enough or quickly enough to matter. And if there ends up a pool of long-lived, well-educated people, maybe that's our civilisation's Encyclopedia Galactica.

Immortality as the prize for winning Scrapheap Challenge?