This would suggest that a hidden cost of enhanced longevity would be social sclerosis.
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I believe that's been proposed, though I can't think of specific references offhand.
Certainly amonst the unintended consequences one might care to consider.
I hope there are concomitant strides in being able to maintain a youthful cognitive flexibility.
Let's get to clinical immortality before worrying about scientific stagnation.
Let's not. Let's go ahead and assume such things matter in the here and now and are actively in the way of getting to clinical immortality (assuming clinical immortality is even possible).
The young must kill the old.