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> The ruling stratum was once instinctively opposed to life extension for various reasons. As it is a very difficult problem the lack of venture capital doomed even the attempt in the short term.

Larry Ellison turns 80, starts funding a bunch of life extension research.

> Now AI, nanotech and life extension are the primary goals of billionaires like Peter Thiel. If a viable path can be demonstrated the cash is going to flood in.

I believe it.

> So if you want mankind to avoid developing it (assuming it can be developed at all) you need to become a fascist and ban it.

I don't want to get in the way if someone does make that; I just think that it will get Weird in a hurry and there will be unforeseen consequences and some of the weirdness might be existentially horrifying.