An obvious missing thought by John Lee here is that people would go for their hedonism at different ages depending on their expected years remaining. If you to

An obvious missing thought by John Lee here is that people would go for their hedonism at different ages depending on their expected years remaining. If you told me I will live to 100, quitting at 70 to travel the world sounds ok. If you told me I’ll die at 50, I will be retiring before that. By prolonging life from 80 to 90, we also encourage people to retire later. So even if “meaningful” would mean “work” (and oh boy, it doesn’t) it still is important to to prolong life. You can always trust an intellectual to not consider anything but first order effects I guess.