Would you want to live to be 120?

If you lived to 120, your cause of death would be 'cracking in half'.
 

I would love to live to 120 and beyond. Why not? According to Ray Kurzweil, AI technology is advancing so much, that by 2029, for each year we live, we will receive a year back. Ailments will be taken care of. With self-driving cars, etc. accidents will be minimal (I hope). We will be living totally different lives than we are now. Regarding the population issue, I am not sure how that will be handled. If other people in our lives (family and friends) receive similar benefits of technology and AI, hopefully, they'll probably be around longer with us.
 

Wow, that would be 48 years more of life, or 2072. Unreal of course, but if I could stay healthy enough to be functional, I would like to see how the world changes. I know it will be nothing like what I can imagine it will be like. That is the one thing that living after we die is most interesting to me, to be able to be conscious of the future of the earth.
 
StarSong said:
There's been a recent surge of self-proclaimed longevity experts touting that embracing certain lifestyle changes (lots of fasting, for instance) can help people live to 120-130 years of age.

Gotta wonder if these geniuses and their followers have spent any time in nursing homes observing 100 year olds who are mostly in wheelchairs or using walkers, can barely chew their food (forget shopping or preparing it themselves), are wearing diapers, and have outlived their friends and most of their children, not that all of them even remember their friends or children. It's mostly a sad waiting room for death - with people saying things like, "Why won't God take me home? I'm ready to go."

Not saying I'm eager for death because I'm not. And sure there are outliers to this - a handful of centenarians thriving while living on their own. But they're few and far between.

What do you think?
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No, I don't want to live to be that old, but I hope I have many good years left to enjoy my life on this earth.
 
Interesting the the vast majority are replying no. Me too, I dread a long life. Advanced old age, in my view over 85 or so, usually though not always, means pain and suffering, loss of independence and lots more negatives. I am unsure what is to be gained.

It depends in an individual of course, there are those who love life and have good genes.
 
If my mental and physical health both remain
good, I am aiming at 150, because I am only
middle-aged just now. ;)
 
Absolutely not! I hope I don't live past 97...the age my mother was when she passed. Living much longer may bring more losses than I could bear. I don't want to be a burden to my loved ones who are alive. If I can stay relatively healthy and active like I am now, that may not be a problem, but how likely that is once I reach my 90s, I don't know. Also, the world already seems to have gone mad and if it gets much worse, I don't want to be around.
 

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