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THE NOT YET IS THE NOW.... slate/articles/news_and_politics/uc/2014/06/living_forever_the_right_way.html#!/ Living Forever the Right Way-- .....There is also plenty of room for innovation regarding the ethics of immortality; experts are looking at everything from examinations of near-death experiences to comparative religious ideas about the afterlife to gain a better understanding of the phenomenon. By the time the project concludes in 2015, Fischer hopes to have set the foundation for a discussion about potential criteria for ethical long-term living. Call it a life-hack for immortality—because it’s one thing to live forever, and another to live forever well. This moral research is key because although living forever might sound great, the consequences are meaningful. For one, it would be expensive. (It shouldn’t be a surprise that most people who talk seriously about extreme longevity are very rich). Some people will be able to afford it; others will not. Will immortality further exacerbate the historic gap between wealthy and poor?