An interesting, but somewhat depressing look at the upcoming crisis in geriatrics, over at the New Yorker.

What struck me about it was the assumption that the decline is inevitable, and that we have to focus on managing it, when in fact we need to put a lot more effort into technologies that can stop aging, and even reverse it. The assumption is that living too long is a problem, and it is, if we don’t figure out how to maintain and restore the ability of the body to repair itself.

[Via Alan Boyle]