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TEXT 1 LIVING FOREVER
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer than they do
naturally – may one day be possible. Big business is taking this possibility seriously. In 2013 Google
founded a company called Сalico to develop life extension methods, and billionaires Jeff Bezos and Peter
Thiel has invested in Unity Biotechnology, which has a market value of $700 million. Unity Biotechnology
focuses mainly on preventing age-related diseases, but its research could lead to methods for slowing or
preventing aging itself. From the perspective of philosophy, this poses two ethical questions. First, is
extended life good? Second, could extending life harm others?
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