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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

What if the rich lived forever?

What if the rich lived forever?

Korea Times - 19-Aug-2018

New research may promote social inequality by allowing the rich live forever

How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse

How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse

Guardian - 24-Jul-2018

Hoarding, and different forms of forced labor are among the future plans of the most powerful

US birth rates drop to lowest since 1987

US birth rates drop to lowest since 1987

BBC - 17-May-2018

Low birth rates are common in developed countries but it’ll lead to fewer young people in the workforce

Doomsday Clock moved to just 2 mins to 'apocalypse'

Doomsday Clock moved to just 2 mins to 'apocalypse'

BBC - 25-Jan-2018

Doomsday Clock pushed forward by 30 seconds.

Why a drug for aging would challenge Washington

Why a drug for aging would challenge Washington

Politico - 13-Dec-2017

What if just one medical treatment could stave off heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s?

World's first floating city to be built by 2020

World's first floating city to be built by 2020

Independent - 14-Nov-2017

Seasteading is building autonomous, self-sustaining cities in international waters.

Why Eradicating Age-related Diseases is Unlikely to Create Immortal Dictators

Why Eradicating Age-related Diseases is Unlikely to Create Immortal Dictators

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 02-Nov-2017

Interesting analogy by Nicola Bagalà

UK population to pass 70m in 2029

UK population to pass 70m in 2029

BBC - 26-Oct-2017

According to the Office for National Statistics the UK's population is set to exceed 70 million in the middle of 2029.

Societal Benefits of Rejuvenation Biotechnology

Societal Benefits of Rejuvenation Biotechnology

Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 24-Oct-2017

Nicola Bagalàs thaugts on how biotechnologies would positively impact the whole of humanity and what would happen if rejuvenation biotechnologies to stave off age-related diseases were widely available?

Should We Die?

Should We Die?

The Atlantic - 18-Feb-2017

Zoltan Istvan wants to be the one to decide when his life ends.

Cheating death

Cheating death

The Economist - 13-Aug-2016

Senescence is coming under scrutiny from doctors and biologists.

Impacts of Indefinite Life Extension FAQ

Impacts of Indefinite Life Extension FAQ

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 11-May-2016

Gennady Stolyarov II addresses key questions about the effects of indefinite life extension.

If death becomes optional, will only the rich get to live forever?

If death becomes optional, will only the rich get to live forever?

Fusion - 03-Mar-2016

They will not be old in mind or body, only in years.

Japan population shrinks by one million

Japan population shrinks by one million

BBC - 26-Feb-2016

0.7% fewer people than 5 years ago.

Transcending Overpopulation With a Bionic Future

Transcending Overpopulation With a Bionic Future

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) - 18-Feb-2016

The topic of overpopulation is flooded with both hype and misunderstandings.

Lifespans Are Long Enough? Most disagree

Lifespans Are Long Enough? Most disagree

Intelligence Squared U.S - 03-Feb-2016

What are the ethical and social consequences of radically increasing lifespans?

Global Risks 2015 Interconnections Map

Global Risks 2015 Interconnections Map

World Economic Forum - 07-Jul-2015
Will radical life extension be the abortion politics of 2050?

Will radical life extension be the abortion politics of 2050?

The Week - 01-Jun-2015

Both left and right ring politics may be split on the issue of life extension technology – god versus freedom.

Foreign Office study predicts society will collapse by 2040

Foreign Office study predicts society will collapse by 2040

Independent - 22-May-2015

If no actions taken (i.e. the world carries on with business as usual) catastrophic food shortages caused by climate change and other production shocks will generate riots resulting in total breakdown of society.

Staying alive: who pays for long life expectancy?

Staying alive: who pays for long life expectancy?

Public Finance - 20-May-2015

By 2030 most men and women can expect to live into their mid-80s.

James Abbott Green candidate

James Abbott Green candidate

Braintree and Witham Times - 20-Apr-2015

What scares me is… breakdown of society due to war/environmental collapse.

Citizen wage and why under 35s don’t need pensions

Citizen wage and why under 35s don’t need pensions

Ian Pearson of Futurizon - 11-Nov-2014