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IMHO longevity is overrated. I would put importance of fighting age-related diseases (including tissue aging, immune and hormonal decline in particular) well ab
by qwerty456127 8y ago
IMHO longevity is overrated. I would put importance of fighting age-related diseases (including tissue aging, immune and hormonal decline in particular) well above extending longevity in importance. I certainly don't want to live 200 years looking and feeling what is considered adequate to being this old but looking and feeling like a 25-35-years-old until I reach something near the age of 60 (of course longer is kind of better perhaps but if I had to - this is what I'd trade) and die quickly and easily without going through even slightest form of disability (defined by comparison to healthy young adults) and physical struggle seems like something I'd totally buy into.
- landryraccoon 8y agoI'm curious how old you are. I don't think your opinion is at all uncommon, but it always seems to come from people that are young. Life is really not that bad when you're old. Like, even when you're 60 there's a lot to live for. If I had to choose between living 40 years as a 40 year old or 25 years as a 25 year old it's not even close - I'd take being longevity at 40 in a heartbeat. Judging from how active my parents seem to be, I'd be happy to spend 100 years at retirement age too.
- marcusjt 8y agoGiven living standards in the West and thus the way we currently consume the Earth's resources, this planet cannot support everyone living to 80, let alone longer. Therefore surely better (in terms of the greater good) for us to live shorter lives, but full ones, free from disease/ageing/degeneration.
- sbr464 8y agoI don’t agree or disagree with you but apologize you are getting downvoted. I think multiple points of view are important for this topic especially, as contentious as they may be.
- landryraccoon 8y agoMaybe I'm misunderstanding you, but I think you're arguing that people dying means that the population is reduced? If so I think that's not the right conclusion. If people lived longer, healthier lives they might delay having children or put off having children entirely. It is not true that countries with lower life expectancy have smaller family sizes. One of the reasons people have children is because it is a sort of immortality - they want their genes and family to be carried on. But if you actually live longer, that particular reason for having kids is weakened.
- masonic 8y agothis planet cannot support everyone living to 80 It likewise can't support couples producing 4+ children.
- Haga 8y agoI want everyone else to be reasonable so I can game theoretically outsmart every one. If only there was a bigger player forcing us all to behave reasonable-like a state.
- qwerty456127 8y agoYou probably are a citizen of a reasonably-social and well-developed country like Germany where getting old without having built a fortune does not imply doom of extreme poverty, alienation and rapid physical decay.