How many of us will be the last generation to die of something curable?
rand_longevity · x · 2026-10-08
A widely resonant tweet reflecting on how many brilliant people throughout history died simply because they were born too early — before antibiotics, modern medicine, or the technologies that could have saved them. The author asks whether our generation will be the last to die of something humanity eventually learns to cure, arguing this is exactly why the speed of progress matters so much.
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