"'Washington is sorry the dialysis machine was ever invented,' states economist Michael Hudson in his film, pointing to high cost of keeping people alive. We know too, that our current social security system is in a shambles, as elderly people increase in number and collect what is theirs. There is certainly no plan in making to accommodate eternal life; Yet three highly respected scientists in this program say that they are not very far from finding an antidote to death, or, at the very least, a means to a dramatic extension of life. "Avoiding a portentous or 'Doomsday' tone, this program raises some provocative 'what if'' questions about the world's oldest fantasy 'the dream of eternal youth' as it comes close to becoming a reality."--1982 Peabody Award entry form. This program features interviews with researchers such as Dr. Richard Cutler, Dr. Donner Denckla, and Kenneth Munkres, science writer Albert Rosenfield, philosopher Mary Rousseau, and economist Michael Hudson.
