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The Implications of Medical Expansion on Human Generations
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As medicine continues to expand human lifespan, the intergenerational distance may be pushed from 40 years to 60 or even 100 years, affecting neoteny and the learning process of the next generation.
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The growth of trees and the evolution of humans share a commonality in timescale.
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Summary
The growth of trees and the evolution of humans share a commonality in timescale. The neoteny of human development is comparable to how trees grow and loop around, and the expansion of the human lifespan could lead to even more evolutionary changes.
ChapterThe Implications of Medical Expansion on Human Generations
Episode#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
With the potential medical expansion of human lifespan, the concept of intergenerational space travel may become irrelevant as human lifetimes could reach 400-800 years.
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With the potential medical expansion of human lifespan, the concept of intergenerational space travel may become irrelevant as human lifetimes could reach 400-800 years. This could create an unprecedented intergenerational distance and increased time requirements for learning and accomplishing daily tasks.
ChapterThe Implications of Medical Expansion on Human Generations
Episode#123 – Manolis Kellis: Origin of Life, Humans, Ideas, Suffering, and Happiness
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This transcript features a discussion about the possibility of replaying memories in the future, and how it could look like in the context of the movie Groundhog Day.
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This transcript features a discussion about the possibility of replaying memories in the future, and how it could look like in the context of the movie Groundhog Day. The conversation also touches on the creativity and thoughts of a scientist off-screen.