re: #242 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Kurt Vonnegut addressed that in a short story: also the issue of overpopulation, people are no longer dying to make room for the next generations…

I think I remember that story.

I’m not sure doubling our life expectancy would be a good idea, overall. I personally would not mind living to be 200 if I could remain healthy enough to be mobile and independent. Living a long life while being confined in a bed or an old folks home would definitely not be very appealing.

In fiction, the super-old generally seem to be healthy and well off financially. I doubt that would be true in real life, though.