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Preparing for a time when living to age 120 is commonplace
Advances in medical technology mean we could live to be very old. Such a hyper-aged society would face hard choices.
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As societies continue to age, the writer says it is time to start thinking about the hard choices they may need to make.
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Discussing the rapid advances in medical science, AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot mentioned to me that an expert in the ageing phenomenon had recently told him that living to 200 years was within the realm of possibility once science learnt to treat this disease, medically known as senescence.
Who would want 200 grandkids, the pharma boss remarked to the expert.
