https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Talk%3AImmortalityTalk:Immortality - Revision history2026-04-26T17:33:31ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.13https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Talk:Immortality&diff=272063&oldid=prevEric: Added some thoughts of mine2022-06-11T03:34:26Z<p>Added some thoughts of mine</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Research on Cell Senescence and the kind of "Biological Clock" aspect of aging, combined with all the Cancer Research, combined with all the Replacement Organ Work ''( [[Xenotransplantation]] and/or Putting Stem Cells from the Patient into "washed out" donor organs ( [[Decellularization]] ) (so much less of an Organ Shortage Issue, and no Rejection Issues) and/or "From Scratch" [[Bio-Printing]] Stem Cell Organs and/or Artificial (Robotic) Organs)'' is really going to lead to something interesting.<br />
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Granted the class impacts of this can be spooky (re " [[Altered Carbon]] " ); without the step of Inheritance / Generational Wealth, which in theory kind of distributes that wealth and power amongst heirs, Single Individuals could accrue Huge Power and Piles of Wealth.<br />
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Also who owns/controls the technology? If [[Healthcare Inequality]] is an issue with simple Dental Care / ER Visits, would crazy Organ Transplants and Gene Therapy be only for the rich, or only people in certain countries etc?<br />
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I hope that the combination of [[Single Payer Healthcare]] (or some sort of centralized, or at least [[People over Profits]] and kind of Evidence/Outcome based, not "number goes up, yay!" based system) and the general [[Maker Movement]] / the [[DIY Bio]] movement prevent that!<br />
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Given that the [[Human Genome Project]] only finished in just ~2003 ''(or if you want to be snobby just this/last year due to small sections + error correction)'' and we are at a point where you can order a cheap kit and get your dna mapped and analyzed (~~spooky aspects of that beside lol~~), as well as all the stuff like how easy gene editing is getting with [[CRISPR Gene Editing]] , or how far medicine is coming (Diseases being eradicated, things that were death sentences being either cured (advanced cancers) or made livable with medication (HIV-AIDS), Joint Replacements, etc) it is definitely an exciting time to be alive though!</div>Eric