When the very first cars were built, only the rich could afford it, but now a large part of the population (in developed countries) has one or more.

What do you think will be such an evolution in the future?

      • @wahming
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        131 year ago

        Not quite yet, but it looks to be on the near horizon

      • @snek_boi@lemmy.ml
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        51 year ago

        A friend’s uncle paid to travel to an elite American hospital to get stem cell therapy instead of a knee replacement. While he did pay for the flight and the living expenses, he did not pay for the treatment because it was experimental. So yeah, it does cost a lot, but not because of the treatment itself. Of course, this coukd change when patents are applied and capitalism takes over the therapy.

        • suoko
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          21 year ago

          I wonder if patents have already been applied to the nanorobots use for treating diseases