If there is one thing Western civilization is terrified of, it is aging. That is evident through the endless commercials for anti-aging cosmetics and surgeries plastered on every screen possible. A question for another day would be, what fuels this fear of aging? The bigger question is, what happens to society once death and aging are removed from the equation? Researchers at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have recently found a way to edit T cells in rats to add anti-aging functions. While there are a variety of contributors to the rate at which one's body ages, one of the largest factors known is senescent cells. Part of the edited functions of these T cells is to eliminate senescent cells. The lifelong effects of this elimination are yet to be determined. This brings us back to the main question, if these efforts to slow or eliminate the effects of aging and natural death from humans are fruitful, how will this alter Western society, a society so obsessed with these things already? One of the most popular science fiction examples of eternal youth is that of vampires, a group of blood-sucking eternals that tend to grow to resent all things associated with mortality, including humanity. Another example is Ashilda or "Me" from Doctor Who, a young girl who's saved by The Doctor but forced to live on forever. Ashilda grows resentful and apathetic as she lives so long that she begins to forget everything.