Geoffrey MillerVerified account

Missing the predictable v. unpredictable part ehh?

80,000 people died from the regular flu in 2017-2018 in America alone. Just for some perspective...

A utilitarian approach would see the predictability of senescence as a boon to a variety of economic factors. The unpredictability of the nova coronavirus makes it decidedly the opposite.

And if “lost human skillls and talents” is on the table, then let’s add the ever-increasing human population. Then let’s talk about the skills and talents of the young versus the aged.

Senescence is much more massive but it’s baked in as unavoidable....at least until Exxon drills into the fountain of youth

One day we will beat senescence. It should be considered a global disease.

Not all numbers have the same significance. If you want to boil everything down to numbers then that's pretty sad.

Not nearly as much as the economic cost of amassed power residing in the hands of a relatively few 500 year olds