Day: July 3, 2011

Noticed this article about a drug that shows promise in treating Progeria .

The natural evolution of this discovery is that it becomes an anti-agathic.

Since Progeria is a relatively rare disease, one wonders if the drug  or other discoveries due to the research will become a rejuvenation treatment reserved for the wealthy elite and powerful of the world.

Imagine the possibilities.

Those who can afford the treatment live 250 years or more. The poor live normal lifespans.

The class / caste systems take on WHOLE new meanings don’t they?

You have the Lazarus class and the normal class.

What happens when the normal class decides that they don’t want to die either?

Will the rich and famous be as liberal about making the rejuvenation treatments available to everyone, as they are about universal health care, welfare, internet, cable TV, etc?

Or will the elite finally admit that perhaps access to various programs is dependent on a persons contribution to society?

I wonder just how close to reality Heinlein may have been. We may live long enough to find out….