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‘We Are Not Programmed to Die,’ Says Nobel Laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

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Venkatraman Ramakrishnan is one of the world's most eminent scientists in the fields of structural biology and cellular processes related to aging and death.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for his discovery of the structure of the ribosome, a crucial cellular machine responsible for gene expression.

Ever since we became aware of our mortality, we have desired to defeat aging and death.

However, our individual desires may conflict with what is best for society.

A society in which fertility rates are very low and lifespans are very high will be a stagnant society, with slow generational turnover, and probably much less dynamic and creative.

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62

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62

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10

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informal

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English

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51

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long-living