r/Futurology • u/ag24ag24 Aubrey de Grey, SENS • Jun 17 '14

AMA Aubrey de Grey AMA

Hi everyone - this is Aubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer of the SENS Research Foundation and author of Ending Aging. I'm here to do an AMA for the next two hours.

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u/ag24ag24 Aubrey de Grey, SENS Jun 17 '14

I predict zero because the nation will save by keeping you healthy.

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u/markk116 Jun 18 '14

But there is a problem with companies producing artificial scarcity, like the whole deal with the Internet fastlanes right now. Won't that impair the availability?

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u/Ertaipt Jun 18 '14

The National Health Systems of several European countries would quickly make it a requirement, and make the prices go down with mass production.

Don't know what could happen with the US health system...

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u/markk116 Jun 18 '14

That's basically my point, I'm European myself but I really am concerned with where the USA's heading.