What would happen if a fix were introduced to the so called disease of aging? People would certainly live longer, produce more children and most probably run out of space to live on earth. It would certainly have a profound effect on the environment and the economy. Earth already seems to be overpopulated. There are lots of people who don’t have jobs and don’t have homes. When I retired at 61 a position opened and was assumed by one of my subordinates. Down the company hierarchy, someone new got hired because I retired. But if I were to live to 200 I would still be working there and that person who got hired would not be working for my former company. If my wife and I don’t die there won’t be a house on the market for someone to buy. If everyone lived to 200 the people of my generation would hold their jobs, houses and everything else for the next 70 to 100 years. People of the next generation would have more kids and they would have no jobs or houses to live in. Traffic would be insane because in another 50 years people of my generation would still be in their cars.

As much fun as it sounds to live on forever, in my opinion it seems of little value. It would cause more chaos than there already is. People’s lives would become even more routine and mundane. There’ll be no point in gaining another 100 years. All that money is better spent on research for children’s diseases, AIDS, cancer and the like. But that’s just my opinion.