The Business of Longevity YASMIN CASTILLO 2021 What would you do if you were seventy-five years older than the average life expectancy to live longer? NEWSLETTER’S INSIGHTS WORLD’S OLDEST HUMAN Jeanne Calment of Arles, France 1875-1997 122 yrs NEWSLETTER TAKEAWAYS Environmental issues due to overpopulation FDA does not consider aging as a disease Clean energy as possible countermeasures to the climate burden of a higher population. Personal costs to longevity There are many critics of longevity research argue billions of investors have put toward longevity are only focused on enriching only the wealthy. MY REACTION In terms of technology, I consider this project innovative because we do for sure need the hope to see our kids grow, fulfill our goals and live as many experiences as we can, however, I do believe money could be best invested in problems bigger than this, like solving world hunger, poverty, work on the climate change and destruction of natural resources, find the balance between emerging technologies and global catastrophic risks, solve large scale and religious conflicts and wars, government accountability and transparency, and corruption, safety, security, and well-being, lack of education, economic opportunities, and unemployment. CONCLUSION Summarizing, “The Business of Longevity” is not fully developed yet, in spite it seems to be promising and could have broad economic benefits many issues can be originated from having people living longer, such as environmental effects, extra work, and more expenses in sickness and healthcare, however, this may be solved with longevity treatment, eating right, living right, exercising, and other indications to live healthier longer. Right now, scientists and investors are waiting for FDA to approve aging as a disease to get more progress in longevity treatment and research improving health span. In my opinion, it’s more important quality not quantity, better explained I consider it is best to have experienced the most valuable moments than having lived a bunch without meaning. It is imperative to improve the world situation and lives’ quality before thinking about making them longer. Principal source: WORLDMETER https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/life-expectancy/
