[tasty_freeze]

My estimated lifespan is probably close to 90 years, but very likely the last 15 to 20 will be marked by health issues of increasing difficulty. If the various modalities of life extension leave the shape of the healthy/sick profile but simply stretch it out another 30 years, I'm not sure I'd be happy about that. If it could simply remove sickness and I died healthy at 90, say of a massive stroke, that would be a great improvement over my current expected trajectory.

That leads to this thought: if anti-aging can't simply remove sickness but just stretches out the existing healthy/sick profile to say 120 years, one way to achieve what I want would be to accept the anti-aging drugs and enjoy good health, then kill myself at 90.

Lots of people will be horrified by the thought, but it is still an absolutely better outcome than not taking drugs and following the usual course of events. Also, my approach circumvents many (but not all) of the negative consequences that would occur if the anti-aging technology works and everyone uses it.

[jelliclesfarm]

Do you think voluntary euthanasia should be open to older people? And what’s the floor on that age? 75? 100?

I have always wondered why we stop people from quitting life. Free will and all that. It seems to be the most basic of all freedoms.

[jokethrowaway]

Ditto. I'll kill myself when I'm done with life, if I ever will get to that stage, no matter the age. If I can prolong a healthy life, I'll do that.

I've seen too many old relatives tired of living or living in pain.

I don't see the point of making a big deal out of it, thinking that human life has some intrinsic value is like thinking the universe revolves around earth or that we're the chosen ones instead of some very advanced monkeys.

[bobbiechen]

This reminds me of "Why I Hope To Die At 75", https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/why-i-h... - do you agree with the reasons there?