No doubt about it, advances in medical science will one day extend human lifetimes. I imagine that Donald Trump and his ilk would be first in line for the "cure," but perhaps the technology/biology would eventually trickle down to us lesser mortals as well.
Would you do it? If so, how much of your worldly wealth would you be willing to pay out, for that assurance? 50% 75%... more?
Could you do it without also extending the increase to your close friends and family members?
Could you be sure that your innate psychology could stand living 50 years past eighty, or ninety?
When my mother passed away, she was the last surviving member of her parents' family, save for one very sick and very elderly sister. None of her friends remained; most of what she had lived for was accomplished, over.
But, look on the bright side -- we might end up with a 150 year old Mormon President who had 60 years on-the-job experience! What a seer and revelator HE would be!
God, I've experienced most of the milemarks of human life...no thanks to further existance. If there is a god, I think that he/she/it has given us the lifespan we need to see the truth. There's no need to extend the human life. If anything, the planet would benefit from having less of us around.
I saw a program on Discovery channel a while back where they were saying that within 25 years, we will have the ability to rejuvinate the human body. We will be able to reinvigorate our bodies to where an aging human can be 25 again. We may even be able to live to 1000 years old. While it will probably come too late for my 92 year old mother, if I was ever offered the chance to have my body be and feel like I was 25 again, I would jump so fast at that chance quicker than you can blink. When the time comes, someone else will probably control that technology and say I'm not qualified for some reason.
In theory yes. In reality, I have already been told by medical professionals that I could add ten to twenty years onto my life if I lost some weight, but I am having a hard time making the sacrifice to do that.
For myself, I'm pretty sure that the answer would be "no." Possibly, if the opportunity was offered to me at a much earlier period in my life --- and if it was equally available to other people as well --- I might be tempted to say "yes."
Watching the fronds on the palms outside my window, I'm content to see them turn from green to red, and fall away after half a year.
NO, I would NOT like to live 50 years longer! This world is heading into the crapper, and that's not some gloom and doom negativity.
* We are headed for worldwide financial collapse within the next 5 years. *. There are hostile (and psychotic) foreign agendas that seek to destroy America and gain it's resources to become THE power of the world. *. There is a rapid moral decline in the world that will negatively affect generations to come.
I want outta here when it's my time. But I want to be worthy enough to ascend into a higher realm.
If it's the norm, why not? We wouldn't know anything different. Personally, I don't think our bodies are designed to live 50 year extended lives. I'm in my 70s and I am happy to live at least 20 years more if I am mentally and physically in good shape.
Maybe. If my memories didn't fade. I'd definitely would if my loved ones could, but if not I'm not sure I like the idea of outliving everyone so long I forget them.
Congratulations, Mr. Mutt, you could live to 130. But you're money is going to run out when you're 85.
But actually, no. I have no interest in living that long. I'm 60 now. I can sort of see the point down the road when I will have had enough, when it's time to get off the merry-go-round. Life gets repetitive unless you have the resources to keep trying new things and places and people.
I wouldn't want to live 50 years longer. I do not believe in a Christian afterlife, but I do believe that there is an amazing journey waiting for us when we die.
I agree that I would prefer to be experienced but young (i.e., I would only accept this proposal if I could persist in a perpetually youthful state...).
What's the point of extreme old age if you are bed-ridden?
I have trouble understanding how other people are OK with dying. For me, the survival instinct is too strong. Even when I'm 100 years old, in a nursing home, you still might see me show up here on RfM occasionally. And I'd happily stick around for another 50 years after that.
...average life expectancy was 45 instead of 75? If we could compare their contentment with ours, who would win? Who made/makes better use of their time? If you started your life knowing you had a pretty good chance of living 150 years, would you be tempted to procrastinate more? And how long after humanity starts living 150 years will it just seem normal? How soon would people be longing for 200-year lives, then 300?
What if the secret to longer lives turns out to not be about adding more years to the end? What if it's about slowing everything down? Or about adding more to the beginning? What if at 20 you were only a 5-year-old developmentally? What if gestation were three or four years?
I would if my health would hold up. I love life and would love to live a long long time.
Longevity runs in my family already. I'm 33 and my great grandmother died just 10 years ago. It was kinda fun cause my oldest daughter got to meet her. So my great grandmother meet her great great granddaughter.