In the present times, grandparents play the role of helping their offspring and they will be more energetic and efficient at that. They wouldn’t be that tired and that old. Physically they would be younger, so they will be able to help more efficiently with the family and it should improve family life.
The interesting question arises when one lives to
be 300-years-old without the body ageing – will women suffer from menopause at 55 or can they go on bleeding (sic!)? We don’t know the answer to that one. At the moment, there is a mechanism which stops women from bleeding when they are 55 and males produce less sperms when they are older and can’t become fathers. Now, whether those factors will change – I don’t know. It is possible if you make genetic changes that can actually extend the bleeding period, so that you can have children when you are 200-years-old. But I don’t know. That hasn’t been discussed as far as I know. All they are looking at is the way of stopping the increased inefficiency of cell replacement in very old people so that your body stays younger. Whether it stays younger reproductively – I don’t know.
Having old people who are more healthy and active can only help the family. Also, the older generations would have a stronger influence on the younger ones and the older values would be passed on more efficiently to the younger generations. But it does rather beg the question, whether these people are going to get to breed when they are 200...
The interesting question arises when one lives to
be 300-years-old without the body ageing – will women suffer from menopause at 55 or can they go on bleeding (sic!)? We don’t know the answer to that one. At the moment, there is a mechanism which stops women from bleeding when they are 55 and males produce less sperms when they are older and can’t become fathers. Now, whether those factors will change – I don’t know. It is possible if you make genetic changes that can actually extend the bleeding period, so that you can have children when you are 200-years-old. But I don’t know. That hasn’t been discussed as far as I know. All they are looking at is the way of stopping the increased inefficiency of cell replacement in very old people so that your body stays younger. Whether it stays younger reproductively – I don’t know.Having old people who are more healthy and active can only help the family. Also, the older generations would have a stronger influence on the younger ones and the older values would be passed on more efficiently to the younger generations. But it does rather beg the question, whether these people are going to get to breed when they are 200...
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2009
An IIPM and Professor Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist) Initiative
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