Rejuvenation Biotechnology as a Civilizational Safeguard

This paper posits that the most significant long-term existential risk to human civilization is a chronic, systemic decay driven by the psychological and demographic consequences of a biologically capped lifespan. The entrenched expectation of mortality before 120 years fosters "temporal myopia," which cultivates cultural short-termism, consumerist nihilism, and demographic apathy. A critical aspect of this risk is the observed strong negative correlation between high cognitive ability and reproductive rates, leading to a systematic, dysgenic drain on humanity's problem-solving capacity. To counter this, we propose a novel biomedical paradigm: a strategy of continuous personal rejuvenation based on in-vitro gametogenesis (IVG) to generate autologous gametes, followed by auto-fertilization to create a new embryonic lineage. This protocol enables a comprehensive reset of cellular age, including the critical de novo formation of young centrioles, addressing the Centriolar Theory of Organismal Aging. The resulting young, perfectly matched adult stem cells are proposed for periodic autologous transplantation to maintain the body's regenerative potential indefinitely. We argue that this intervention transcends its medical purpose, acting as a necessary civilizational safeguard to prevent a slow-motion intellectual and demographic collapse.