[syncerr]

While I don’t find the arguments in the article compelling (ie population increases are good as they lead to growth), enabling humans to live forever has a more dire consequence: an acceleration of the inequality gap.

Death provides a natural mechanism to reset wealth and power. Without it, power will accumulate to those who already have it, forever.

[teaearlgraycold]

> Death provides a natural mechanism to reset wealth and power.

Have you heard of inheritance?

[syncerr]

Inheritance does not sustain wealth.

> A staggering 70 percent of wealthy families lose their wealth by the next generation, with 90 percent losing it the generation after that.

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/generational-wealth%3A-why-d...

[jjj123]

In some countries, like France, you’re not allowed to give more than x% of your inheritance to a single person.

This has drastic effects on how large multi-generational fortunes are able to grow.

So yeah, death does have an effect on income inequality, as long as the fortunes are split up upon death.

[tsol]

>Have you heard of inheritance?

A powerful businessman living forever isn't the same thing as inheriting his son. Children rarely follow in the footsteps of their fathers. What if Warren buffet lived forever, for example? He's very good at saving money and investing. He'll eventually just have a large portion of the wealth that exists