Conclusion

While many scientists and futurists believe we will be able to "stop aging"―and even achieve immortality―their conclusions have not addressed the more intractable aspects of the human condition. Religious leaders and philosophers have agonized through the centuries over what gives meaning to people. Every religion has a different approach to helping humans navigate this path.

It is obvious that "living longer better" will mean very different things for different people. I'm not sure anyone evangelizing about living to 200 would get the ear of a single mother, living on benefits, whose main worry is keeping the debt collectors away and putting food—any food—on the table for her kids.

Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, explored the question "what is justice?" and proposed that it is not primarily a matter among individuals, but of society as a whole—which then leads to the vision of utopia...