The World in 2030

42 The World in 2030
cells for babylike, wrinkle-free skin tomorrow. Even
memories will be for sale, with superagility and enhanced
intelligence thrown in for good measure. 88
Well, leaving aside Dr. Canton’s focus on the commercial
bonanza that may derive from the new medical revolution
(a perspective all too understandable given the USA’s
ultra-capitalist approach to social healthcare), I agree with
his conclusions and I would add that plastics will play an
increasingly large part in healthcare provision over the next
twenty-five years. It seems to me that within the period
covered by this report, those of us in the rich world will
be immeasurably healthier and will live far longer than we
currently anticipate.
It is even possible that a child born in the year 2030
may have the option of extending his or her healthy and
youthful life almost indefinitely.