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 Most economists agree that by the time you're 40, you should:
- be able to change sex instantly a... 
 @0c1a9324 "regenerate tissue damage"

As someone who is pushing 50 and realizes that healing takes longer than it did when I was 30, this hit hard. I'd love to be able to go into a "healing sleep" and wake up 8 hours later with all my injuries/aches/etc healed. 
 @d7f327a9 Whenever I hear "we should just let businesses set the rules - I'm sure they'll be fair," I think of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

To keep it short, workers were locked in the factory and not allowed to leave until their shift was over. A fire broke out, but nobody had the key to open the locked doors. The windows were all blocked as well as were the stairwells. 

146 people died because the company wanted to "reduce worker theft."