Would YOU want to live to be 150 years old?

[asiacurious]

From Scientific American....

 

Humans Could Live Up to 150 Years, New Research Suggests
A study counts blood cells and footsteps to predict a hard limit to our longevity

 

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In Silicon Valley, immortality is sometimes elevated to the status of a corporeal goal. Plenty of big names in big tech have sunk funding into ventures to solve the problem of death as if it were just an upgrade to your smartphone’s operating system.

 

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Researchers have now taken on the question of how long we can live if, by some combination of serendipity and genetics, we do not die from cancer, heart disease or getting hit by a bus. They report that when omitting things that usually kill us, our body’s capacity to restore equilibrium to its myriad structural and metabolic systems after disruptions still fades with time. And even if we make it through life with few stressors, this incremental decline sets the maximum life span for humans at somewhere between 120 and 150 years.

 

For me, I think it would depend on the quality of life.  What about you?

[Stocky]

Good god no!
What a frightening thought.

[canthai55]

If I was healthy and had my mind - yes

 

[Caldera]

No. That's just obscene.

[BangkokReady]

Depends.  Is my wife living until 150 years old as well? 

 

(Just kidding, I'm not even married.)

[Denim]

I am a young 64 but already perceive the onset of GOM syndrome. ( grumpy old man )

 

How grumpy would  I get in another 80 plus years ?

 

And if I needed an intravenous drip of viagra  overnight just to enjoy myself like I used to ..... think I'll pass.

 

I would be dead chuffed to attain 80. ( more dead than chuffed ) and the way the woke world is going I think  I will be better off to quit while I'm ahead.

 

I dont want to live in a world of electric cars and digital currencies. I like the smell of petrol and the grubby feel of money. I like the concept of men and women. I dont want to be people.

 

Just as long as I can outlast my mum and not break her heart by an earlier demise I am pretty happy the way my life panned out.

 

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

Christopher G. Moore write about that in one of his book.

Calvino dont like the idea of all the hangovers that he have ahead of him and seeing 150 years old guys fondling 18 years old girls at his local bar is not a pretty sight. 

[ballpoint]

As long as I was mentally aware, and physically active, I'd love to.  Look at the difference between now and the 1920s.  Who knows what technology they'll come up with, and what discoveries about the universe and particle physics will be made, in the next 100 years?  This life is all we have, and I want to stay on the ride as long as I can.  (Of course, the human world could be shattered by war / famine / disease anytime in that 100 years, with the few miserable survivors - if any, living in squalor, filth and fear.  But I'm an optimist).

[ThaIrish Sean]

I would like the option.

But then equally I believe in voluntary euthanasia and I think that should be an option as well.

[RichardColeman]

If humans double their life span then the planet is well and truly ................

[Poet]

24 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

If humans double their life span then the planet is well and truly ................

No. One of our greatest resource and energy expenditures is giving birth to, raising, educating and providing the time people need to find their feet in their twenties or, sometimes, even later. In terms of value created vs resources required, people tend to get into their stride in their thirties. Even negatives such as destructive or violent crime tend to tail off sharply after 35.

Then, the next great period of expense is severe old age and death. The vast majority of medical expense in any life occurs within the final month.

Current live span is around 80. If you can increase the productive period between, say, 30 and ten years before death, from 40 years (dying at 80) to 110 years (dying at 150), you almost triple the productive span, allowing workers and experts to accumulate far more knowledge and expertise.

Longer lifespans would also provoke a cultural change, encouraging people to take a more long-term view of education, investment, crime, relationships etc.

Our current lifespan is comicly short.

 

Edited May 27, 2021 by Poet

[covidiot]

we are entering a new era.

futuristic cities are starting to be built in certain parts of the world. 

would be great to be around to witness the many changes in the coming decades. 

 

[RichardColeman]

6 minutes ago, Poet said:

Current live span is around 80. If you can increase the productive period between, say, 30 and ten years before death, from 40 years (dying at 80) to 110 years (dying at 150), you almost triple the productive span, allowing workers and experts to accumulate far more knowledge and expertise.

You would also double the planets populations from 7 billion to 14 billion , as I said and the planet would be doomed.

 

If you lived to 150, then government s would have to step in and limit ALL mothers to 1 or 2 births only. Which would never happen in modern countries outside communist states

[Poet]

13 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

You would also double the planets populations from 7 billion to 14 billion , as I said and the planet would be doomed.

 

If you lived to 150, then government s would have to step in and limit ALL mothers to 1 or 2 births only. Which would never happen in modern countries outside communist states

People have been singing that song of imminent doom and overpopulation for centuries. The reality is that the advance of science and more efficient forms of distribution have always kept us ahead. Our capacity has always turned out to be greater than originally feared.

Not only will we have more people, but we will have more productivity and a higher number of truly exceptional individuals in every field. The entire population of the planet will be brought onstream as members of the information class. That will give us the financial and intellectual capacity to deal with broad problems such as climate change before they become a problem at the end of this century.

Bear in mind, too, that people naturally choose to have fewer children as their societies become more educated and financially secure.
 

Edited May 27, 2021 by Poet

[Odysseus123]

6 hours ago, Denim said:

I am a young 64 but already perceive the onset of GOM syndrome. ( grumpy old man )

Yes and the vaccine against GOM syndrome is still light years away...can you imagine discussing your pension (or Covid 19) with your fellow old buffers for-in my case-the next 80 years?

[canthai55]

4 hours ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

I would like the option.

But then equally I believe in voluntary euthanasia and I think that should be an option as well.

Very easy to arrange on your own - and painless

[tonray]

12 hours ago, canthai55 said:

If I was healthy and had my mind - yes

 

The fact that we are here on ThaiVisa should dispel you of any possibility of that occurring....

[1FinickyOne]

9 hours ago, ballpoint said:

As long as I was mentally aware, and physically active, I'd love to. 

I'll take that as a definite "No." 

 

Parts wear out.. whatever it is you enjoy doing, how many people over 100 are doing it? 

[tonray]

4 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

I'll take that as a definite "No." 

 

Parts wear out.. whatever it is you enjoy doing, how many people over 100 are doing it? 

If I can still pee at 80 without mechanical assistance, I'll take that as a win

[1FinickyOne]

3/4's of the work force would be employed in nursing homes... 

19 hours ago, asiacurious said:

For me, I think it would depend on the quality of life.  What about you?

yes, absolutely but it seems to me there is a direct correlation between ageing and decrease in quality of life... 

[Ralf001]

No Thanks.

[Tarteso]

Who wants to live forever? ????

[Ralf001]

Just now, Tarteso said:

Who wants to live forever? ????

 

I'll be happy to pull up stumps at 65, Wonder when Euthanasia will be legalized ?

[itsari]

I think the pension providers would have something to say if 150 years longevity became reality .

[Trujillo]

For anyone who says no, how old are you now? 
Do you think you would answer this question the same way in the year 1900 when for a man, the life expectancy was 46 years? 

 

Of course we want to live longer. 

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Trujillo said:

For anyone who says no, how old are you now? 
Do you think you would answer this question the same way in the year 1900 when for a man, the life expectancy was 46 years? 

 

Of course we want to live longer. 

 

Am mid 40's, will be happy with another 20 after that... someone shoot me please.

[WineOh]

Sure, why not.

 

i think if one maintains a healthy diet, exercises regularly (especially walking) and is lucky enough not to succumb to any illness or disease then I think it is absolutely doable. 
 

genetics would also play a huge part here.. nobody is getting out of here alive so why not stick around as long as possible?

 

however, I may need to curtail my wine intake if I would like to see 100, never mind 150.

 

2 bottles a day then from now on instead of 3 ????

Edited May 28, 2021 by WineOh

[bkk6060]

Certainly, if I knew I could still get an erection.

[Poet]

4 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Certainly, if I knew I could still get an erection.

Future technology will allow all of us to have 12 permanently-engorged penises grafted to our backs.

[Maha Sarakham]

I'm good with 80.