According to biblical legends, the first people could live much more than our contemporaries. Adam lived about 930 years, Noah about 950, and Mufusail 969, which is the record of all the biblical characters. But then came the Flood, after which the life of people on Earth decreased tenfold.
People have been looking for ways to extend human life for a long time, developing various technologies and mechanisms that can extend human life. Most likely, in the future we will be able to live much longer than now.
Recently, a British scientist named Aubrey de Gray expressed his point of view, who believes that in the near future a person will be able to live not 70-80 years, but the minimum period will be at least a thousand years. Now the biologist is studying the technology of regenerative medicine, and is sponsoring his development Peter Thiel, who is interested in creating drugs and technologies for longevity.
Such statements do not go unnoticed among other scientists and ordinary people who do not believe in the general availability of such technologies and believe that they will be available only to a narrow circle of people who are considered to be the world elite. Among them are prominent politicians, celebrities and tycoons who can afford the technology of centuries of life.
Aubrey has been doing his research for almost 20 years and is sure that it is possible to edit individual human genes and compares such technologies with the repair of equipment when it is necessary to replace some components. Quite a few scientists disagreed with De Gray and believe that his technology will not be successful, and all work is a waste of time.
But it is clear that scientists in any case will be able to extend human life for several centuries, using various technologies for this. But what will happen to the planet when 50 billion people can live for 1000 years?