You Might Live To Be 150. Whaaaat?
The first 150-year-old man may already have been born, according to Leonard Guarente, a professor of biology at MIT (The Coming Death Shortage, Atlantic Monthly). Let’s set aside the pre-diluvian human life span for a moment and focus on our modern life span. Have we found the Fountain of Youth? Can we really extend our life expectancy and our quality of life past 100 years? If so, how can we afford to live 15, 20, even 50 years longer? According to Dr Guarente, we may be ab