tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post4755063042178957015..comments2012-01-01T18:45:02.752-08:00Anne Corwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-69430197220340086382007-04-21T12:30:00.000-07:002007-04-21T12:30:00.000-07:00That reminds me of a science fiction story I read many years ago, "the youth monopoly" by ELLEN WOBIG.<BR/><BR/>The premise was that an alien civilization had a technique for producing perpetual youth in essentially any humanoid, 10 years at a time. They would travel around the universe, come to a planet (like Earth), set up shop, and sell their treatment at an extremely high prices, what ever the market would bear. When wealthy individuals got to be 70, 80, 90, they would pay anything for another 10 years. Until they had nothing left, then they would die.<BR/><BR/>After a millenia or so, the aliens left Earth, having extracted everything of value.daedalus2uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-69935600098170173962007-04-19T22:02:00.000-07:002007-04-19T22:02:00.000-07:00I saw that quote on your blog and may end up quoting it at some point. I really need to start watching the videos, etc., from the Symposium...I haven't gotten to that yet, but it sounds like it was very interesting.AnneChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25425497.post-77165764329085743772007-04-18T10:44:00.000-07:002007-04-18T10:44:00.000-07:00Thank you for your interesting post!<BR/>I agree with you, and I have posted a similar comment recently:<BR/><BR/>"...even if life-extension is not socially profitable, it still deserves to be pursued, because I believe that human life has its own value, beyond the money dimension."<BR/><BR/>Please see: <BR/><A HREF="http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/04/edmonton-aging-symposium.html" REL="nofollow">Longevity Science: Edmonton Aging Symposium</A><BR/><A HREF="http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/04/edmonton-aging-symposium.html" REL="nofollow">http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2007/04/edmonton-aging-symposium.html</A>Dr. Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16532399504488774882noreply@blogger.com