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consequences. a philosopher, who i believe you know, certainly i'm sure you know his work, john davis, he wrote a book called the new methuselahs. he said, "imagine a world in which the wealthy few live "on in endless youth, an elite gerontocracy of near mortals." he said, "it would be a world where they behave like ranchers "watching a herd of cattle," that is the likes of you and me, "whose members change with the years, "while they remain in control." that's dystopian. that is truly scary. yes, it's terrifying. time is the most precious thing that we have, you know? discrepancies in life expectancy now, here in england, for example, might be about ten years between rich and poor, or different areas of the country. and whenever that's reported on, it's rightly with a sense of outrage. you know, something must be done. now, imagine if those differences weren't a decade, but were centuries or thousands of years. i hope we would find that unacceptable. you, in your latest book, entitled should you choose to live forever?, you debate

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private—sector businesspeople in the world? thinking ofjeff bezos, peter thiel, elon musk — they all seem somewhat obsessed with this area of scientific research, extending human life. they have the money to do it, but it raises questions about whether the work they do will be open to others or will be reserved for themselves. well, it's such an important question. i mean, if they're donating large sums of money that drive forward basic research for the benefit of all, then that should certainly be welcome. but one of the real concerns about the consequences of life—extension technology is that it will be the privilege of a rich elite, and that, i think, would have disastrous consequences. a philosopher, who i believe you know, certainly i'm sure you know his work, john davis, he wrote a book called the new methuselahs. he said, "imagine a world in which the wealthy few live on in endless youth, an elite gerontocracy of near mortals."

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a philosopher, who i believe you know, certainly i'm sure you know his work, john davis, he wrote a book called the new methuselahs. he said, "imagine a world in which the wealthy few live on in endless youth, an elite gerontocracy of near mortals." he said, "it would be a world where they behave like ranchers "watching a herd of cattle," that is the likes of you and me, "whose members change with the years, while they remain in control." that's dystopian. that is truly scary. yes, it's terrifying. time is the most precious thing that we have, you know. discrepancies in life expectancy now, here in england, for example, might be about ten years between rich and poor, or different areas of the country. and whenever that's reported on, it's rightly with a sense of outrage. you know, something must be done. now, imagine if those differences weren't a decade, but were centuries or thousands of years. i hope we would find that unacceptable. you, in your latest book, entitled should you choose to live forever?, you debate with a us—based

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