[dragonwriter]

> I think the main idea is to realize that aging is a disease we all have and it's lethal and we aren't doing enough to combat it.

But...its not.

Its a label for the aggregate of the accumulated effects many different conditions and traumas. Its a very loose multicause syndrome, not a disease.

> Why isn't every ninety year old automatically enrolled in an experimental program to reduce senescence?

Because consent, among other reasons.

> We should be desperate and taking desperate measures to fight aging tooth and nail.

On a social level I think this is wrong for the same reason it is often wrong to desperately scrap at extending life on an individual level: the expected return in terms of life extension does not warrant the expected cost in terms of immediate quality of life.