Shripad Tuljapurkar Quotes
We've come up with a scenario: Starting around 2010, we could see lifespan increase dramatically. 
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Scenario | Starting | 2010 | Lifespan | Increase |
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You've got an extra 20 or 30 years coming, the money's got to come from somewhere.
- Shripad Tuljapurkar
We studied different countries around the world that are representative of different situations and took a look at where they'd end up. One thing that happens right away, which nobody seems to have thought of, is that the total global population increases dramatically. From an original projection of 8 billion we end up topping out at 10 to 11 billion. In many countries, this would have an enormous, and not necessarily positive, impact. For example, the idea that China would go from 1.5 to 1.8 billion, just because of this, is a bit frightening.
- Shripad Tuljapurkar