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As long as it’s made mandatory to cover with insurance so it’s available to everyone. The last thing we need is an immortal ruling class.

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Don’t worry, going by past history this will be available to any and…uhh, [checks notes] oh, uh-oh.

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Oh at this point it seems like we’re treating dystopian science fiction as a guidebook instead of a warning.

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5 points

Someone’s getting hangry and needs a Soylent.

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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech

Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus

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22 points

Hoping real hard that Alternate Carbon is not becoming reality.

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8 points

I see that you too have heard the prophecy.

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8 points

On the plus side an immortal ruling class might actually start caring about climate change.

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10 points

Sure, in the most dystopian way possible.

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3 points

… and reduce emissions by wasting the rest. But due to negative selection leading into that upper class they won’t be able to manage the planet further despite thinking that they can and will die of hunger eventually.

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Let the death of Saburo Arasaka be a lesson to us all: even 150+ year old bastards can get choked the fuck out

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Is a forever expanding population of old people much better?

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If they’re functional, and we get serious about space or birth control, then no it’s not a problem. But that is another path we can take to really juice the dystopia.

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It will take a very long time indeed before we can reach another habitable planet enough to alleviate an exponentially growing population, and forced birth control will be unpopular, not to mention probably employed as eugenics by those in power against those who aren’t.

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this might finally be a way to eliminate insurance companies

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3 points

So we get Universal healthcare then, right?

right?

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no

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