A community of 'longevists' or 'life extensionists' are ready to defy old age by investing huge sums in biomedical research and technological projects that border on science fiction.
Montenegro recently welcomed hundreds of"longevists" for two months. Photo: AFP
This"pop-up city" was created entirely to enable the members of this community to meet up and mingle among themselves. Behind the name Zuzalu lies a community of"longevists" or"life extensionists" ready to defy death, or at least old age, by investing colossal sums in biomedical research and technological projects that border on science fiction.
But don't be fooled by this atmosphere of a vacation club for the ultrarich – it's just a pretext. The real aim of this two-month experiment is to find out if this community could live together... permanently.For these"longevists", investing millions of dollars in biotechnology to extend life expectancy has its limits: namely, in the law. More specifically, the regulations governing the pharmaceutical industry, whether in the United States, Europe or elsewhere.
So, to free themselves from this legal framework, seen as a real constraint for their work, and carry out trials and experiments as they see fit, the idea is to found their own state. This would be a decentralised space, financed by a community, with its own currency – a cryptocurrency in this case – and recognised by other nations.
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