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		tokenadult on July 26, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why aren't the oldest living people getting any ol... We have the technnology and know-how to significantly increase life expectancy and to do research to make it even better For what value of "significantly"? And at what cost, in a world in which many people live on five dollars a day or less?

drzaiusapelord on July 26, 2011 [–]

I'm not sure why that makes any difference. The level of medical care I can get (and have gotten) as a middle class American blows away what these people can get now. The disparity is so huge that adding 100 years to my life barely makes a dent in the disparity.

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