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Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: prediction
25 Dec 2024 Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2024 Retrospective
“To get to the point where large numbers of people who buckle their seat belts live well into their 90s, I expect we’re on the way to doing that right now.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- prediction
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- 25 Dec 2024
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Why not? I don’t take a lot of medications. I don’t take medications in general. I’m skeptical. I think life expectancy will continue to increase slowly. My guess is there’s some natural limit due to the brain at somewhere between 100 and 120. I don’t see how you repair the brain without replacing who is the person. I don’t think individuals can live forever. To get to the point where large numbers of people who buckle their seat belts live well into their 90s, I expect we’re on the way to doing that right now. Your kids might be able to expect to live well into their 90s, for instance. How long would you like to live, in an ideal world, in your body?…
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