This recent story, from 8 August 2017, about a chip "that can generate any cell type of interest for treatment within the patient’s own body" (see more here) made me think of another story blogged about a while back , that we are surely on the way to seeing drastically longer life expectancies.
The older article (included at the bottom of this post) raises some very interesting points about changing life expectancy, with one (admittedly self-taught) biologist there making a rather wild estimate that people could live as long as 5,000 years and then this quote:
“A 2011 survey found that while 65 per cent of Australians supported research that would slow ageing, only 35 per cent said they would use a life-extension technology if one became available. Nearly half of those polled (47.8 per cent) believed that developing life-extension technology would do more harm than good to society overall.”
Does this reaction indicate collective unconscious wariness with regards to this well-known narrative below?
Genesis, with Aramaic and English translation of the original Hebrew:
ב,טז וַיְצַו֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַל־הָֽאָדָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִכֹּ֥ל עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן אָכֹ֥ל תֹּאכֵֽל׃
וּפַקֵּיד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים, עַל אָדָם לְמֵימַר: מִכֹּל אִילָן גִּנְּתָא, מֵיכָל תֵּיכוֹל.
2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
ב,יז וּמֵעֵ֗ץ הַדַּ֨עַת֙ ט֣וֹב וָרָ֔ע לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כִּ֗י בְּי֛וֹם אֲכָלְךָ֥ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃
וּמֵאִילָן, דְּאָכְלֵי פֵּירוֹהִי חָכְמִין בֵּין טָב לְבִישׁ--לָא תֵּיכוֹל, מִנֵּיהּ: אֲרֵי, בְּיוֹמָא דְּתֵיכוֹל מִנֵּיהּ--מְמָת תְּמוּת.
2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.'
What about other ramifications such as changing retirement age, pensions and population? Plenty of food for thought here in this space.
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