This is fascinating stuff, and this comment isn't meant to knock it--an aspect of human flourishing should be the ability to advance on more than one front at a time. But I'm curious if in talking about healthier, longer lives, topic of addressing progress outside the developed world came up. From a utilitarian perspective, it seems important to consider our ability to extend lives not just from 85 to 100, but from 5 to 80.
Thanks. I'm not a utilitarian. However, I agree that this stuff is important. But I also agree that it is a pretty different set of concerns, more about institutions and policies than about the frontiers of science and technology.
One of our fellows, Lauren Gilbert, writes about progress in poor countries; you might appreciate her work: https://www.laurenpolicy.com
This is fascinating stuff, and this comment isn't meant to knock it--an aspect of human flourishing should be the ability to advance on more than one front at a time. But I'm curious if in talking about healthier, longer lives, topic of addressing progress outside the developed world came up. From a utilitarian perspective, it seems important to consider our ability to extend lives not just from 85 to 100, but from 5 to 80.
There's lower-hanging fruit in global health, though much of it is driven more by policy than technology: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/USAID-cuts-global-impact-14-million-deaths
Thanks. I'm not a utilitarian. However, I agree that this stuff is important. But I also agree that it is a pretty different set of concerns, more about institutions and policies than about the frontiers of science and technology.
One of our fellows, Lauren Gilbert, writes about progress in poor countries; you might appreciate her work: https://www.laurenpolicy.com