This is a great question to ponder, in that it results in a lot of strange questions, and possibly some stranger answers. What would be the result if medical technology allowed us to live for 150 years?
If you do a little searching you can find lots of amusing but shallow perspectives about this, such as being able to spend all of one’s remaining 50-75 years mastering some particular computer game…
There are plenty of deeper ideas to consider, such as, what would be the result of this becoming a possibility only for the rich, especially in the developed world? Would this create a separate group of humans form the rest of the (comparatively) short lived ‘basic’ humans? What would be the some of the consequences of this?
For instance, hoe does this change the developed world’s perspective upon the sanctity of human life (i.e. for the very long lived, does one’s life take on much more meaning or value?). Does this change how we see others (i.e. the very old or very young depending upon your POV)?
What would this do to our economy, would this profoundly change the attitudes of policy makers (obviously those who live longer, as with the rest of the powers that be…)?
Would this add real population pressure (in that far fewer people would be dying)?
So…have fun with the idea…
What Happens When the Average Lifespan is 150 Years?
http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/17/0333248/what-happens-when-the-average-lifespan-is-150-years
What Happens When Average Lifespans hit 100 years old, or 150?
http://www.ideaeconomy.net/ideas/average-lifespans-hit-100-years-150
