How Self-Driving Cars Could Help Extend Our Human Life Spans

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

(Ed. Note: For reader’s interested in Dr. Eliot’s ongoing business analyses about the advent of self-driving cars, see his online Forbes column: https://forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/)

What is the secret to achieving old age?

Jeanne Calment, having lived to the age of 122, had attributed her longevity to her diet which was rich in olive oil.

Or, you might find of interest the case of Susannah Jones, she happily consumed four strips of bacon for breakfast each morning, which was included with her scrambled eggs and grits, and was known to eat bacon throughout each day — she lived 116 years.

Does this mean that if you are desirous of reaching a ripe old age that you should rush out to buy lots of olive oil and bacon?

Well, maybe.

I can’t say for sure that this won’t help you, but nor can we say with any certainty that it will help you to make it into your hundreds.

One acrimonious debate about old age is whether you are born with the ability to reach it or whether it is your environment that can produce it.

In this nature versus nurture debate, some would argue that your environment is the primary influence for…