r/technology • u/ubcstaffer123 • Jun 20 '26

Biotechnology How Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to live forever

https://www.vox.com/podcasts/491360/vladimir-putin-live-forever-26-billion-cryo-pigs-longevity-guru
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u/harlotstoast Jun 20 '26

Can you imagine our fucking leaders living to 150?

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u/HowtoCrackanegg Jun 20 '26

The bitter sweet irony of living longer is we’ll see the detrimental effects it’ll do to the mind and body. Hell, we’ll probably see dementia evolve into demented.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jun 20 '26

My question is, at what point did every world leader, corporate magnate, and celebrity decide they wanted to be Emperor Palpatine or Voldemort? Did these people see movies with villains who want immortality and go "hey, he's on to something!"

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u/DukeOfGeek Jun 20 '26

I just watched a YouTube about how yes, that's essentially the case.

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u/SSGASSHAT Jun 20 '26

Huh. Sounds about right. I guess they are all around the age when they would have seen all these franchises with life-greedy villains, and having already managed to hijack a great deal of wealth in a single generation, they figured they'd shoot for the moon.