Industry Trend & Observation - The way of dying has shifted from fast incidents to gradual and predictable processes, largely due to advancements in medicine and social systems [1][2][3] - Human ingenuity has led to a population of 8 billion with the most resources per capita ever, but preventable deaths still persist [4][5] - Diseases of aging are the result of damage that builds up over decades, with median ages of diagnosis being 66 for cancer, 65 for heart attacks, and 83 for dementia [7] Economic Impact & Investment Opportunity - The US could spend half its federal budget, approximately $3 trillion per year, on adults aged 65 and older by the end of the decade [8][9] - Curing all cancers would be worth about $80 trillion to the US economy in the long run [16] - A 5-year shift backwards in biological aging for people aged 40 and older in the US could yield over $100 trillion to the US economy over several decades, adding about $2 trillion per year to US GDP [24] Potential Solutions & Strategies - Investing in the science of aging could redesign how humans live, work, give birth, and die [17] - Slowing reproductive aging can be seen as investments in older adults who would otherwise suffer from conditions like menopause [26] - Public and philanthropic funds and a sense of moral urgency are needed to precede scientific results in technically demanding fields like aging [29]