Would you like to live forever?

I was just reading an article about how scientists are making breakthroughs in
understandinghow the aging process in the human body works. Some say that
in as little as 20 years,science may enable us to live to be well into our 100's.
Down the line even longer. This could potentially be a disaster. As the world is
now, it's already becoming dangerously overpopulated. Imagine if everyone
started living an extra 30-40 years.

Living longer would real change everything. For starters, most people work
30-40 years and then retire. If they saved and have a pension and social
security, most people can live fairly comfortable for 20-30 after retirement.
I know I'm looking forward to the day I can retire and play golf 5 times a week.
The thought of having to work till I'm 90 so I can afford to live till I'm 125 really
bums me out.

It would also change marriage. 3 out of 4 marriage fail now, most fail in the
first 5-10 years. I don't care how much you love someone, at some point you are
going to get "sick" of them. Is it realistic to think two people could stay married for
over 100 years? Or would marriage be reduced to signing contracts of commitment
for a specified number of years, then parting ways?

It would change sports. The average football player has a career in the NFL that
spans from their early 20's to their mid to late 30's. Imagine if you could take a 25
year old Jerry Rice and a 30 year old Joe Montana and slow their aging process.
Roger Clemens could retire and change his mind 100's of times! Michael Jordan
could make a comeback with every NBA team! Jim Kelly could take the Bills to 25
Super Bowls and be 0 for 25.

I don't think I would want to live 100+ years. Certainly I would like it if science could
me more active when I'm older. Noone wants to get old. Noone wants gray hair
and wrinkles. Nobody wants arthritis and brittle bones. I'd like to think that I could
still run up stairs, play golf, swim and jog when I'm 90. But life is hard. I don't think
I want to deal with all the hardships of life for 30 or 40 more years. I don't want to
see my grandkids, become grandparents. I think this gets into that area where science
messes with the natural order of things. It creeps me out a little.

Would I like to be bulletproof like Superman? Sure! Would I like to be able to
get out of a car crash and heal myself like Claire Bennett? You bet. Do I want
to live forever? No way! I wonder if you asked people in the 1800's if they would like to
live to be 90, if they would want to, or if they were ok with dieing in their 50's. Maybe
extending our life expectancy is just part of human evolution, or maybe it will be a curse
that leads to our eventual extinction. I guess only time will tell.