Before we get into my blog for today on healthcare I’m happy to tell you that Philip the Bard will return this Monday with BIG news regarding Max Gavaskar. . . Stay tuned
Greetings cheerful readers, Thanks for being here. The past few days I’ve been dealing with politics and economic issues. We’re done with that (phew!)
Today we’ll discuss something less contentious . . . religion . . . just kidding! No, actually, I’ll talk about the future of healthcare. I am not talking about the costs but the application.
The average human life span has doubled in the past one hundred and fifty years. Will it double in the next?
There are a lot of new technologies coming our way in the near future regarding health care. New drugs to hold off aging, new implants to improve on nature, nanotechnology, robotics and more.
These things will all add to the human lifespan. But, is this something we really want to do? Do we really want to live hundreds of years?
Life is short. Life is precious. Will life continue to be these things if we can live forever? What will this do to the human population? Without some population controls this could be a disaster.
We as a species have a lot of ethical questions to answer in the near future. At the risk of jumping back into political waters, we are going to all have to reconsider our beliefs and open our selves to new ideas and possibilities.
We’ve already had some discussions about the use of stem cells. That is only the very beginning of this discussion.
I envision a period of infatuation with these new medical advances. Then I see a backlash. At some point in the distant future I see people getting back to more natural ways of living.
I can see a time when it is a point of pride to not be dependent on mechanical means for a quality life. We see some of this in the health food people who look down their noses at people who use drugs (either clinically or recreationally).
For the near future I see very interesting times indeed. Not all of us will be able to afford these new healthcare options but for some of us we’ll be prettier, stronger, faster, smarter and longer lived.
“May you live in interesting times.”
an ancient Chinese curse
Earth Year 2013
Never mix red wine with Oodo.
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