The 'problem' of extending lives. With all the biomedical advances enabling humans to become more ‘immortal’, living past the traditional life expectancy, there is a potential issue of having an ageing population, or even over-population.
Currently, our economic system is not ready for an ageing population. Our physical landscape is as unready as well - It is still very inconvenient for a physically disabled person to maneuver from one place to another. There is a problem because there is hardly any incentive to improve this situation. Improving such infrastructure may not be exactly profitable, and governments may not have much political interest in solving this.
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