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

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215 points XzetaU8 | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 16:15 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Swizec ◴[30 Aug 25 17:25 UTC] No.45076409[source]▶
What about quality of life adjusted life years? I don’t want to live to 100 and be miserable for the last 30

But if you can get me 90 years where I feel like a spring chicken until 89, then that’s just fine.

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fcatalan ◴[30 Aug 25 19:48 UTC] No.45077487[source]▶
My grandfather lived to 102 and only the last few months were bad, nothing dramatic, just fading away at home, no hospital.

I'd sign up for the same

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1. PartiallyTyped ◴[31 Aug 25 10:44 UTC] No.45082136[source]▶
My grandfather looked in his 50s and had more mobility than 50 year old men well into his 80s it’s only when cancer got to him that he started looking his age.

I’d sign up for that.