This New York Times article suggests that longevity drugs might be not only possible, but developed fairly soon. As I’ve heard that there are already more humans alive right now than have died in all of history combined, that suggests some interesting and disturbing things… I want to live a good long time as much as anyone, but if everyone can do that, this planet is going to get awfully crowded, and pretty darn soon.
This has been covered in a number of science fiction novels, and I have faith that our race will find solutions. But I suggest we start seriously thinking about it sooner, rather than later.
Well, between Al Gore’s global warming, and Head Geek’s global cooling, the planet might become uncomfortable enough for most everyone to either move to the equator, or to the poles, leaving hardy (or sweaty, depending upon the prediction) survivors to live in the broad and sparsely populated non-temperate zones of the Earth after the Big Climatic Change. Thus taking care of two of your predictions, and killing two birds with one migratory stone! Well, what do you think of my solution to the problem? 🙂
I think your crystal ball needs a good cleaning. 😉
For further proof that red wine halts the aging process, note the way waiters say “1956 was a good year for this vintage”, when the waiter appears to have not even been born on that date! A coincidence? I think not!