The rise of the Methuselah: Experts fear elderly billionaires will become immortal and compound their wealth and power... exacerbating inequalities
Experts are airing concerns about deep-pocketed billionaires and anti-aging
Long just a pipe dream, the concept of a modern-day Methuselah - the biblical grandfather of Noah who lived to 969 - is becoming more and more likely
Experts fear that deep-pocketed billionaires will soon be able to use their wealth to increase their lifespans - allowing them additional time to add to their fortunes
Christopher Wareham, who studies aging at Utrecht University warns that such advances could 'exacerbate all the kinds of existing inequalities that we have'
Speaking to The Financial Times Monday, Wareham - a professor at Utrecht University in the Netherlands - stated that while scientists now have a better handle on what causes us to get old, solutions such as cell-flushing vaccines and pricey, cure-all pills will remain out reach for the everyman.
'Suppose, for example, we had a kind of vaccine for the pandemic of age,' Wareham, who studies the ethics of aging, told The Times.
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'This is going to potentially exacerbate all the kinds of existing inequalities that we have.
He warned that such advances could create further disparity in an already divided nation.
'The longer you're around, the more your wealth compounds,' Wareham said. 'And the wealthier you are, the more political influence you have.
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