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How will society cope with people living forever? If society doesn't survive, then you don't survive... technology giveth, and technology taketh away!

Lots in the news at the moment about AI and robots taking over our jobs - but if Ian Pearson is right that we'll soon be able to live comfortably with no pension then maybe we won't need one? Maybe everybody will be part of a world parliament or an "internet of people" (IOP) - I'm trademarking that one!!



Society News

Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight

Doomsday clock - 100 ticks away from midnight

Guardian - 23-Jan-2020

Too close to our own end and still we are not doing enough to prevent it

Manmade glacier stores water to be used during low rainfall

Manmade glacier stores water to be used during low rainfall

New Scientist - 22-Jan-2020

Melting of natural glaciers has become erratic due to climate change

Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs

Computers and robots could automate 1.5 million jobs

BBC - 25-Mar-2019

Percentage of workers in primary industry massively reduced in last century - not necessarily a bad thing

Billionaires accumulating more wealth and youthfulness

Billionaires accumulating more wealth and youthfulness

Telegraph - 07-Mar-2019

Automation and longevity therapies may amplify social disparities

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Society Resources

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Aging

Amazon

Second Edition: Geroscience as the New Public Health Frontier, book edited by James Kirkland

The New Long Life

Amazon

Book about living longer, smarter and happier life written by Andrew J. Scott and Lynda Gratton

Immortality: The Quest To Live Forever and How It Drives Civilisation

Amazon

A fascinating work of popular philosophy and history that both enlightens and entertains written by Stephen Cave

National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies (2017 Edition)

Info that explains the risks of major emergencies that could affect the UK

Collapse: How societies choose to fail or Survive

Amazon

Book about collapse societies written by academic and popular science author Jared Diamond

Aging in World History

Amazon

In Aging in World History, author David G. Troyansky presents the first global history of aging

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Society Blog Posts

Homo Deus - review and quotes
29-Jul-2018

Homo Deus - review and quotes

The history of mankind and society - then looking to the future where dataism ousts the need for humans

Empire State of Mind (and Body)
24-May-2018

Empire State of Mind (and Body)

manipulation over the Opportunities opened up with human genetic engineering need to be regulated global to avoid exploitation

Inequality and Threat
19-Apr-2018

Inequality and Threat

A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme

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