Originally submitted by Cornelia Daheim
last updated by Sivert von Saldern
Wild Card's progress: fully-fledged
This Wild Card came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Wild Card:
Theme 1 - Health
The sub-theme that best relates to this Wild Card:
Research on the brain and related diseases, human development and ageing
Likelihood timeframe and scenario features :
now-2050+
Wild Card's description
Revolutionary findings mainly in biotechnology not only understand, but also impede mental and physical ageing. The impacts on human society are immense, individually and structurally: e.g. people are confronted and overstrained at first with the idea of possibly living forever; besides, the extension of life inter alia neccessitates a transformation of social systems, especially the retirement systems. Security becomes much more important. Another important aspect might concern the rise of social conflicts and a further spread of social gaps, as new technologies that impede ageing might solely be affordable for the upper classes in the launch stage.