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New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

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215 points XzetaU8 | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 16:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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picafrost ◴[31 Aug 25 05:58 UTC] No.45080711[source]▶
I admire the human belief that the improvement of technology and our living standards will be infinite. It will be a bitter moment if we finally realize the plateau we've been stuck on is not temporary and all future gains will be marginal.
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1. risyachka ◴[31 Aug 25 08:12 UTC] No.45081403[source]▶
Natural one maybe.

Humans are biological machines. We know how to replace hearts with artificial ones that can last years. Soon they may start lasting decades.

We can replace many hormones with artificial ones.

I do not see any reason we can’t learn how to replace other organs and systems.

And in this case you may as well live 200+ years