The Economics of Immortality
Topics discussed
Introduction: The economics of infinite time
Biological immortality and nanotech repair
Costs, patents, and compulsory licensing
Population pressure and family economics
Vitality vs. death and regenerative parts
Digital immortality: uploads, copies, and fees
Cryonics: legal status and long-term maintenance
Immortality by rebirth and identity reconstruction
Partial immortality and tiered access
Lifespan scaling: careers, education, and retirement
Millennia-scale existence: risk and meaning
Cosmic timescales and post-biological entities
Political stability and the problem of entrenched power
Long-term investment, ownership, and interest rates
Wealth redistribution and social reincarnation
Post-scarcity value and the economy of significance
The risk of immortal leaders and bad governance
Galactic implications and the frontier wall
Conclusion: Redefining value in an immortal world
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