Society News Archive
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
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...Billionaires accumulating more wealth and youthfulness
Telegraph - 07-Mar-2019
Automation and longevity therapies may amplify social disparities
Read more...What if the rich lived forever?
Korea Times - 19-Aug-2018
New research may promote social inequality by allowing the rich live forever
Read more...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
Read more...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
Read more...Doomsday Clock moved to just 2 mins to 'apocalypse'
BBC - 25-Jan-2018
Doomsday Clock pushed forward by 30 seconds.
Read more...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?
Read more...World's first floating city to be built by 2020
Independent - 14-Nov-2017
Seasteading is building autonomous, self-sustaining cities in international waters.
Read more...Why Eradicating Age-related Diseases is Unlikely to Create Immortal Dictators
Lifespan.io (LEAF) - 02-Nov-2017
Interesting analogy by Nicola Bagalà
Read more...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.
Read more...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?
Read more...Should We Die?
The Atlantic - 18-Feb-2017
Zoltan Istvan wants to be the one to decide when his life ends.
Read more...Cheating death
The Economist - 13-Aug-2016
Senescence is coming under scrutiny from doctors and biologists.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...Japan population shrinks by one million
BBC - 26-Feb-2016
0.7% fewer people than 5 years ago.
Read more...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.
Read more...Lifespans Are Long Enough? Most disagree
Intelligence Squared U.S - 03-Feb-2016
What are the ethical and social consequences of radically increasing lifespans?
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...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.
Read more...James Abbott Green candidate
Braintree and Witham Times - 20-Apr-2015
What scares me is… breakdown of society due to war/environmental collapse.
Read more...Citizen wage and why under 35s don’t need pensions
Ian Pearson of Futurizon - 11-Nov-2014
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