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Escape Velocity: Why the Prospect of Extreme Human Life Extension Matters Now

2004-06-09

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Should we be considering the social and economic ramifications of a society where life-span could be limitless?

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Literature Corpus work: b4e07418-22ef-5329-8f10-71b01482f53a
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020187

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