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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Elon Musk says humans are ‘pre-programmed to die’ and longevity is 'solvable', raising huge questions about the future of health

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Elon Musk is full of bold predictions, but none may be as controversial as his conclusion that a longer human lifespan is something that can be engineered.

The 54-year-old Tesla boss apparently sees longevity as merely a problem to be overcome—and one with a solution that’s not “particularly hard” at that, he said during an interview on the Moonshots with Peter Diamandis podcast last week.

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