I can't help but think of the Hungarian countess Erzsebet Bathory while reading this. The charges against her were most likely trumped up by noblemen jealous of her power and wealth, but one of...
I can't help but think of the Hungarian countess Erzsebet Bathory while reading this. The charges against her were most likely trumped up by noblemen jealous of her power and wealth, but one of the most egregious accusations was that she had a habit of bathing in the blood of young servant girls to retain her own youth.
And now we have startups looking to use the blood of young people as a youth-extension therapy that will most likely be priced beyond the reach of most people -- at least at first -- thus proving that the richest among us aren't just metaphorical vampires, but determined to engage in literal, medically assisted vampirism as well.
Silicon Valley did it first.
I can't help but think of the Hungarian countess Erzsebet Bathory while reading this. The charges against her were most likely trumped up by noblemen jealous of her power and wealth, but one of the most egregious accusations was that she had a habit of bathing in the blood of young servant girls to retain her own youth.
And now we have startups looking to use the blood of young people as a youth-extension therapy that will most likely be priced beyond the reach of most people -- at least at first -- thus proving that the richest among us aren't just metaphorical vampires, but determined to engage in literal, medically assisted vampirism as well.
Yup, if this tech ever comes to fruition I feel like this will make inequality even worse with the Kochs, Mercers, and Bezos living to be 120.
On the upside, we can make new jokes about them. "Maybe they're born with it. Maybe it's Bathory™."