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When you're alive you can change and grow but when you're dead it's final. 90 with a lifetime of regrets is a closure blow out sale bargain.

scarface74 6y ago
Let’s say I really wanted to compete in a triathlon, have kids and see them grow up and have families of their own, be a surgeon, etc. How many of those could I do starting at 60? There are lots of life choices it’s easy to make at 25 that are not easy to make 65. Even something as simple as 3 month cross country road trip. My parents retired at 55 and did that twice. My parents are still independent, but with their eyesight and hearing going they couldn’t decide at 75 to hop in their car and spend three months on the road.
- emteycz 6y ago
  Healthspan and lifespan of people is continuously improving, and I am hopeful the science has just started. Maybe in 2100 people will be as able at 70 as they're at 30 now. Maybe many people will grow old and unable, but then scientific development will let them cure themselves, and have a second life of sorts. I donate to Lifespan.io in the hope of this.
- Konohamaru 6y ago
  Changing your mind, repentance, and learning are extremely important and possible for all 90-year-olds except for the severely demented. I've known one 89-year-old who changed her mind on a very important (negative) core value she had her whole life.
  - scarface74 6y ago
    So how does “changing your mind” lead to a better quality of life and having all of the options in your 90s that you have in your 30s.
    - Konohamaru 6y ago
      Virtue is a better quality of life in itself.
- spfzero 6y ago
  Kind of cherry-picked there from the set of things 60 is too old to start. What about having 30 more years to fix a wrong you once committed, repay a debt, help give some worthy person or cause a boost?
  - scarface74 6y ago
    At 60 years old, unless I stayed in shape, I doubt I would be able to run half marathons in a decent time, enjoy a decade of being a fitness instructor, fail miserably at real estate and marriage and recover from both (reset my career, get remarried, and still have enough time to rebuild my net worth), etc. I lost a large part of my net worth between those two things - but I had the income to both enjoy life and to recover. Everything I mentioned above happened between the time I was 25-35. Some good, some bad but I don’t regret any of it. I wouldn’t take nearly the risks in my 60s that I did in my 30s. If I broke a bone in my 20s while doing some of the crazy stuff I did, I could heel. Not so much in my 60s. I got a chance to start over with a new family making better choices in my 30s. I was still young enough at 35 to run with my sons, take them to the gym with me. At 85 not so much. Are we really arguing that there are opportunities you have between 30-50 that you can’t make up for between 70-90? Would you rather have been Steve Jobs or Ronald Wayne?

scarface74 6y ago

Let’s say I really wanted to compete in a triathlon, have kids and see them grow up and have families of their own, be a surgeon, etc. How many of those could I do starting at 60? There are lots of life choices it’s easy to make at 25 that are not easy to make 65. Even something as simple as 3 month cross country road trip. My parents retired at 55 and did that twice. My parents are still independent, but with their eyesight and hearing going they couldn’t decide at 75 to hop in their car and spend three months on the road.

emteycz 6y ago
Healthspan and lifespan of people is continuously improving, and I am hopeful the science has just started. Maybe in 2100 people will be as able at 70 as they're at 30 now. Maybe many people will grow old and unable, but then scientific development will let them cure themselves, and have a second life of sorts. I donate to Lifespan.io in the hope of this.
Konohamaru 6y ago
Changing your mind, repentance, and learning are extremely important and possible for all 90-year-olds except for the severely demented. I've known one 89-year-old who changed her mind on a very important (negative) core value she had her whole life.
- scarface74 6y ago
  So how does “changing your mind” lead to a better quality of life and having all of the options in your 90s that you have in your 30s.
  - Konohamaru 6y ago
    Virtue is a better quality of life in itself.
spfzero 6y ago
Kind of cherry-picked there from the set of things 60 is too old to start. What about having 30 more years to fix a wrong you once committed, repay a debt, help give some worthy person or cause a boost?
- scarface74 6y ago
  At 60 years old, unless I stayed in shape, I doubt I would be able to run half marathons in a decent time, enjoy a decade of being a fitness instructor, fail miserably at real estate and marriage and recover from both (reset my career, get remarried, and still have enough time to rebuild my net worth), etc. I lost a large part of my net worth between those two things - but I had the income to both enjoy life and to recover. Everything I mentioned above happened between the time I was 25-35. Some good, some bad but I don’t regret any of it. I wouldn’t take nearly the risks in my 60s that I did in my 30s. If I broke a bone in my 20s while doing some of the crazy stuff I did, I could heel. Not so much in my 60s. I got a chance to start over with a new family making better choices in my 30s. I was still young enough at 35 to run with my sons, take them to the gym with me. At 85 not so much. Are we really arguing that there are opportunities you have between 30-50 that you can’t make up for between 70-90? Would you rather have been Steve Jobs or Ronald Wayne?