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In Response to the "Compression of
Morbidity" Mindset.
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"...there is no basis for the ardent
hopes and positive statements made as to [its] safety and success[..],
and [..] therefore, it would be a wrong, whether willful or unknowing,
to lead the people and perhaps governments at this time to believe the
contrary;..."
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The popular and wide spread article about the need to support and
fund the compression of morbidity called the "Longevity Dividend" is a
good example of a solid piece detailing a need to fight aging. In it,
the authors show the viability of slowing the aging process, urge people
to support it, urge the government to direct funds to it, and urge
places like the NIH to reserve more resources for it.
However, they don’t push for indefinite health-spans or indefinite life
extension, here after referred to as indefinite life extension. They
push rather, for the compression of morbidity, or in other words, for
more healthy years in the last years of a person’s average, traditional,
70- to 90- year life span.
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“This compression of
mortality and morbidity would create financial gains not only because
aging populations will have more years to contribute, but also because
there will be more years during which age-entitlement and healthcare
programs are not used.â€
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