I’m pretty sure they would. It’s not like they’d like to see their seaside properties go underwater within their lifetimes.

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    You think Jimmy Carter would be 100years if he was a homeless person. The age-gap between rich and poor will only get bigger. Don’t know if immortality is possible, but extending life is definitely possible. Extending life to 150 or even 200 is within our grasp, even today.

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      In older mice the best telomere therapies are increasing lifespan by ~15%. Max human lifespan is currently ~120. So, if those same therapies work on old billionaires they still wouldn’t live past 150.

      Models for extending life in young mice and mice zygotes hit around ~25%.

      200 isn’t within our grasp currently. 150 is if the animal models work on humans. But the treatments work better the younger the animal. Working best on embryos.

      Tldr: It’s unlikely today’s billionaires will live past 150 without a breakthrough in telomere research.

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        Telomere therapies is but one path. There are many different paths that each contribute to a longer life in better shape. I’ve seen at least four different therapies, all very promising. I don’t have article links at hand. Point being, that these therapies are so close that they might already be available, for the exploitation-class.