I wonder why we can assume that everyone gets a longer life. Despite a whole section on "distribution" the math is always that everyone has a longer life. But is this probable? Likely? Possible? So many things seem to stand in the way:
Differential access to post-AGI medical advances,
Elite capture of life-extension technologies,
National or geopolitical exclusion,
Class stratification in longevity,
Delayed diffusion of therapies,
Political economy of distribution.
It would be reasonable - or at least equivalent - to suggest that the only people who live 1400 yea... (read more)
I wonder why we can assume that everyone gets a longer life. Despite a whole section on "distribution" the math is always that everyone has a longer life. But is this probable? Likely? Possible? So many things seem to stand in the way:
It would be reasonable - or at least equivalent - to suggest that the only people who live 1400 yea... (read more)