This article drew me in because I'm obsessed with anti-aging tech, but to take something that isn't all evil, and twist it is horrible. I think the biggest issue is income inequality personally, --when the rich DO figure out immortality, it may only be accessible to the billionaire class at which point -- they're essentially giving everyone else a death sentence.
1. Pharmaceutical companies want people to take it.
2. Insurance companies would want humans to take it.
3. Once a drug is invented, if it is kept hidden or secret, the people who administer the drug would want it for their families. There would be whistle blowers, there would be leaks.
As soon as it is leaked labs in China or India or anywhere would reproduce it and longevity tourism would ensue.
You know, like healthcare, or trips to the moon.
People with a lot of money get access to things before people without a lot of money.
Even gene therapy, is primarily bounded by R&D and then delivery may or may not be expensive, I don’t know.
It would much more interesting if the focus was on the societal/inequality angle that it's billionaires (who, yes, are mostly men) who are seeking to extend their dominance by living longer.
Please don't post ideological flamebait to HN. The GP comment managed to stay on the ok side of the line. Your comment did not.