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Of the ~100 billion humans who have ever lived, about 8 billion (8%) are still alive today. Therefore, your chance of dying is 92%, not 100%.
Are you assuming that everyone currently alive is immortal? You may be in for some disappointment.
We have no evidence they're not. Statistically speaking, as many as 8% of humans are potentially immortal.
It's common sense that if aging were solved tomorrow, it would be patented and the wealthiest 3% would enjoy much longer lives, while the working class wouldn't see much change.
Incidentally, longer life would allow even more accumulation of money and power, making inequality worse.
Plus side: billionaires now consider climate change threat #1 and use many more resources to solve it compared to today, rather than only care about the next 40-50 years.
On the down side, they'd probably solve the climate crisis by spreading vaporised peons in the upper atmosphere to block some of the solar radiation.