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Originally Posted by pickled_heretic
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I'm sure this hypothetical therapy would become exorbitantly expensive, even if it didn't start out like that. The gross uneven distribution of capital in these two countries would guarantee that only a select few would have access to the treatment. Human rights issues would obviously develop which could easily result in violent class struggle (thus reducing the population).
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Well, I don't forsee it being a "Therapy" as much as it would become a way of life. I could see nanochips being implanted into every newborn that could monitor heartrate, BP, cell count, etc. and instantly upload it for access every second of the day 24/7.
Imagine perfect preventative medicine because you no longer have to go to the doctor to see whats wrong, your doctor already knows what is wrong, because the exact instant there was a problem, it was already available for him to see and could be cured by other bots within your body.
The ability to identify and zap cancer cells at any moment in time and if its uncurable by bots, at least you know what you have before its too late.