ABSTRACT
According to anecdotal evidence, thousands of people in America are now living past the age of 100. Their number will probably increase as research projects are currently underway whose goal is to find a way of switching off the aging process by manipulating the appropriate genes. Theoretically, this could make people near-immortal, although the advice given by George Bernard Shaw’s: ‘Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed’ is always valid. In practice:
in all likelihood, such people will feel miserable and
they will also put a heavy burden on the social safety net.
