Longevity – Other Aspects – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1004
Longevity – Other Aspects – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1004 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1004 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ali Pazani Credit: Boom Credit: Mikhail Nilov Long Life or Longevity is a complicated matter and raises several ethical, social, economic, and global issues. This post highlights some of these aspects. Equity and Access The potential for longevity technologies to be accessible primarily to the wealthy, as is the case at present, raises significant concerns about justice and inequality. If only affluent individuals can afford life-extending treatments, this could exacerbate existing health disparities and create a societal divide where longevity becomes a privilege rather than a universal right. Religious Beliefs Most religions endorse a fixed lifespan allocat...