Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThere are potential economic problems as well. There are chances of an increase in disabled elderly peoplem who will be dependent on the government or their children. Medicare will be depleted, drained dry by the cost of taking care of chronic diseases. Increase in dependency will lead to an increase in claim of pension benefits other post retirement economic burdens on nations. There will of course, also be an increase in intergenerational imbalance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Fix<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The anti-ageing industry isn’t going to come to a halt simply because of these reasons. There isn’t likely to be much political consensus on this issue. In fact, we only managed to stop human cloning primarily because of the religious opposition it received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only option for now, seems to be heading out to space, as a species. But given the astronomical (pun unintended) costs of space exploration, there’s still plenty of time before space comes to our rescue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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