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Live Free and Don’t Die
December 27, 2024
As I said last week, I am working on a book outlining five different theories on historical cycles and how they all seem to “climax” around 2030. I’m also very concerned that around that time (if not before), we will see the bond market begin reacting to the increasingly large national debt. I came across the word “polycrisis” this week, and while the context was different, the concept of multiple significant crises all coinciding is useful.
I expect three major innovation cycles to dramatically affect our world in the next decade, with impacts comparable to steam engines, electricity, automobiles, and even the internet. Every new invention helps us explore even further.
Last week, I wrote about robotics and quantum computing. This week, I want to make it a little more personal. We’re going to focus on the marvelous advances in medicine… and even more culture changing: longevity.
Major Breakthroughs
I think that the advances we will see in the next 10 to 20 years have the potential to profoundly reshape our culture. If you can live longer and healthier, your view of time will change. Right now, that’s hard to see. The changes seem to come so slowly. But let’s look at a few.
A private company that I have followed for 10 years is now moving into late-stage development of yet another cancer therapy and has started human trials on cancer-related neuropathy. It is frustrating to me that they cannot start trials on general neuropathy due to FDA procedures and costs, as there...
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