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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a 90 year in in 15 years is going to be different than it is today. Things that could've killed you 10 years ago are solvable now. AI is going find lots of solutions and people like Bezos/Thiel are pouring tons of money into life extension.

When I'm 90 in 53 years, I'm sure it be even more different. They will probably just 3D organs or know how to tweak DNA to fix the body without intervention. [/quote]

I don’t want this for myself. I don’t want to live to 120 with my 3D organs. I have three beautiful children and a spouse I love and cherish. I would like to watch my children grow up and establish themselves, and hopefully start families of their own, and spend quality time with my spouse as we age. I exercise religiously daily (75 minutes of running), drink water, and try to eat healthy and go to doctor/dental appointments. I’m trying to extend the good years. I don’t want decades and decades of living where I can barely walk or string together thoughts. Neither of my parents is in great health and I worry about them. My father has had multiple hip and knee replacements (biking accidents, all in his 60s!) and seems to be in cognitive decline although he still works in a heavily quantitative role. My mother works in academia and is in good physical health after years of being overweight, but I also fear she is in cognitive decline. Sometimes her sentences are “umm, so I was doing this, you know? Umm”. My parents are divorced and neither is very social, so they have that going against them. At least my father has a dog, since a companion animal is so important for mental health. They’re both incredibly stubborn, lack almost all self-awareness, and disorganized when it comes to personal stuff so I’m dreading long declines. [/quote]

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