Story prompts with the tag “health”
In 50 years, life expectancy increases to 300 years
Imagine breakthroughs in the next 30 to 50 years result in the average life expectancy increasing to 300 years. And that people are able to retain their youth and vigor for a majority of their increased life span.
What effects does this have an society and people's behavior ?
For example, would people be content to work in low wage, unfulfilling jobs for most of their lives, or would they ultimately find something more satisfying to pursue.
Saving even a modest amount of money over 250 years would result in a huge sum of money. For example, saving $10/month with a 5% return on your investment over 250 years would result in a nest egg worth $630,112,320.37. But, would people actually save? Or would they keep living paycheck to paycheck. What would be the effects of the huge economic disparity?
How would various professions be effected by having workers with hundreds of years of experience? Could a new lawyer hope to compete against someone with hundre...
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