Do you think humans live too long, or not long enough?

[skye]

Not long enough.

So many relatives that I loved so much gone....

 

[Dagosa]

Yes, modern medical treatment has expanded our life span. The ancients ate pure food and had a lot more physical exercise than modern man.
Maybe you can add a few years to your life by being health conscious but I think we have pretty much plateaued.

Perhaps, but one thing is for sure, there is a lot more room to actually live healthier even if we die at the same age. Diabetes robs people of their stamina and mobility.
I’d rather die after my last hike or round of golf than my last TV program.

 

[Dagosa]

Yes, modern medical treatment has expanded our life span. The ancients ate pure food and had a lot more physical exercise than modern man.
Maybe you can add a few years to your life by being health conscious but I think we have pretty much plateaued.

We can do more….

Strength training might lengthen life - Harvard Health

A 2022 study tracking 115,000 people 65 and older found that adding strength training to aerobic exercise lowered the risk of dying, regardless of cause, over nearly eight years of follow-up....

www.health.harvard.edu

 

[Moonglow]

Which glands?

Any of the above.

 

[Dagosa]

Think about it.

At this point in human evolution, it takes us about 50+ years of our lives to REALLY figure it all out. Well, as much as we are able.
We spend too much of our teen years being stupid. We spend most of our early adulthood being stupid and working to pay for being stupid.
Then once we get to retirement age, we either end up having to work until we die, or just hang around the house until we die.
And really, by the time we do figure it all out and how to REALLY make things better, its too late......we're worm food.

So......what if humans were able to extend life another 100 years? Would you take it? Would you use all you have learned to become the person you always wanted to be? Or do something exceptional with all those skills and knowledge aquired?
Do you think humans would be better off knowing they can literally spend half of their life figuring it all out before actually getting to LIVE the life you want?

Just a thought.

Interesting article on the ultimate average life expectancy…..though, it may take three more centuries to reach it.

Is 150 years really the limit of human life span?

Researchers think they’ve calculated the limit of human life span – but there’s more to it.

theconversation.com

 

[skye]

I think our loved ones should live as long we live so that we would never missed them!

I know know..... let's dream a little yes?

 

[AzogtheDefiler]

If one can reduce glandular production fewer people would not suffer from being stupid.

Too late for you

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

I am pretty well read and knowledgeable but I am a failure in life

Anyone who reads your posts already knows that the first part is not true.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Think about it.

At this point in human evolution, it takes us about 50+ years of our lives to REALLY figure it all out. Well, as much as we are able.
We spend too much of our teen years being stupid. We spend most of our early adulthood being stupid and working to pay for being stupid.
Then once we get to retirement age, we either end up having to work until we die, or just hang around the house until we die.
And really, by the time we do figure it all out and how to REALLY make things better, its too late......we're worm food.

So......what if humans were able to extend life another 100 years? Would you take it? Would you use all you have learned to become the person you always wanted to be? Or do something exceptional with all those skills and knowledge aquired?
Do you think humans would be better off knowing they can literally spend half of their life figuring it all out before actually getting to LIVE the life you want?

Just a thought.

Age and dying came up for me again today as I watched an old Burt Reynolds movie "Stroker Ace" from 1983 just for giggles. While watching the movie, many NASCAR drivers played themselves in the movie. I noted that of the main characters, only Loni Anderson and Parker Stevenson are still alive. Loni is now 79 and Parker is 72. The real kicker was when Dale Earnhardt showed up in a scene. I then realized that every one of those drivers have long since retired decades ago and passed away.

I nearly died twice in 2022 and 2023. Since then, I have recovered and live with another young man's liver in me. My health is now pretty darn good. Since retiring and recovering, in that order, by the way, I have done some things that I have always wanted to do, and I have plans to do more. My view is that it always depends on your health. Complications after my transplant kept me in the hospital for 3 months, but I had to learn to walk again, and still have some minor issues, but I recently got to take my grandsons to the World War II Museum in New Orleans to see what life was like when their great grandfather served in the Army Air Forces. I am now approaching my 64th birthday and the days ahead still look bright. I look forward to my grandkids graduating from high school in the next few years and just might live long enough to see my first great grandchild. Even at this age, I have outlived most of my other living relatives such as aunts and uncles and all but a very few cousins because I was one of the younger ones. Right now, I would say I am comfortable in my life, and I will be able to do what my health allows. Would I want to live longer? Sure! But not if I am limited in my daily activities. That 3 months stay in the hospital where I couldn't even wipe my own backside taught me that that is not life when your very existence depends on others.

 

[DGS49]

Coincidentally, I'm typing these words while visiting The Villages (Florida), which is the geezer equivalent of Disney World (80 miles south of here).

Like a lot of places in life, you would never believe this place if you haven't seen it. White-haired White people having a blast every day of their elderly lives. Scores of golf courses, pickle-ball courts, walking and riding paths, spectacular gardens, restaurants from posh to road houses, and more "shops" than you can count. There are four different open-air venues where there is live entertainment every day of the month. There is a club for every interest, from history to card playing to reading books and sports of all kinds. There are biking groups, bowling groups, bird-watching groups and of course drinking groups.

Going to church is a pleasure, with the sanctuaries filled to capacity at the popular times, everyone singing loudly, and everyone super friendly to everyone else.

The pattern of life down here is, you move here when you retire, spend 20 or 25 years here (moving from one house to another three times, on average), then they go "back home" to be with family when they get too old for this active lifestyle.

As a general proposition, these people have been dealt good hands in life. They are prosperous enough to afford it and healthy enough to enjoy it, and by the time you are ready to leave this place, you have had enough fun for one lifetime. The old standard for a full lifetime was "three score and ten" (70 years). Now I think it's "four score and ten." And that's plenty long enough.

 

[hondo 50]

Seems about right to me.