New research reveals longevity gains slowing, life expectancy of 100 unlikely

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bigmattystyles ◴[30 Aug 25 17:50 UTC] No.45076621[source]▶

I wonder if as a species we can ever get more comfortable with death. We’re built not to be I realize, and we should never be for those that are young but I feel like we should be ok with living 80ish or more years and then clocking out. That being said, I’m not cool with the idea of dying when good, but when I’m in a major depressive episode, the idea of immortality is terrifying.

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1. jebarker ◴[30 Aug 25 17:54 UTC] No.45076666[source]▶

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For me, the sad part about dying isn’t the loss of agency in the world as much as missing the rest of the movie. At 43 I already feel like I’ve mostly realized my potential and I’m just here to raise my kids and then I become a burden. But I really want to know what happens next!

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2. sixtyj ◴[30 Aug 25 18:05 UTC] No.45076765[source]▶

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In Hollywood, they have 12 types of scenarios. Choose your type of life. Tragedy? Love story? Adventure? Becoming someone? Life is too short to experience all scenarios that is why we want live longer…

After 60 life sucks. Not always but very often.

So we should use Tim Urban's life-week calendar to being aware how little time we have and not waste it.

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3. ◴[30 Aug 25 18:10 UTC] No.45076806[source]▶

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4. gscott ◴[30 Aug 25 18:21 UTC] No.45076875[source]▶

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Your never done raising your kids regardless of how old they are.

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5. kiba ◴[31 Aug 25 03:04 UTC] No.45080005[source]▶

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Immortality is a long time to waste on shit that don't matters.