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Longevity is coming. I’m talking about the human lifespan reaching 300 plus years, and I’m talking about what that does to the world. We can keep a person at a biological age of 25 to 35. At that age you almost never die of a health condition. You die of an accident. We are seeing this in animal studies from mice through dogs and primates, and I don’t think there is a limit. A person who is 200 years old and biologically 35 is still working. That solves the falling birth rates and shrinking workforces every country is worried about. Scientists will take on the hundred year projects they never would have started. People will have time to achieve their goals. Health care becomes injury care. Most of what people see a doctor for today goes away. Governments will want their citizens on these treatments because keeping people young is cheaper than treating them old. The drugs are expensive now. They will come down, and the people who benefit first will be the ones who know to ask their doctor for them. In the future we will live long, healthy lives as long as we maintain our immune systems. I believe this is real.