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Living to 200 means nothing if you're miserable the whole time

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“We're living longer, but are we seeking frail or are we actually healthy?”

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but really then moved into HealthSpan. Okay, fine. We're living longer, but are we seeking frail or are we actually healthy? And then into joy span. How many of these additional years we actually can enjoy life? Because one thing is, if I give up everything in the pursuit of longer life, there's people that eat 1,100, 200, 1,100, 2,000 calories a day, go to bed every night at 8PM, have their last meal at, you know, in the morning, transfuse their own son's blood in the pursuit of living longer. What kind of life is that? Right? So so that's really what we want to do,

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A discussion about the evolution from simply extending lifespan to focusing on healthspan and ultimately 'joyspan' - the quality of additional years we gain. The speaker critiques extreme longevity pursuits that sacrifice quality of life, questioning whether living longer is worthwhile if it means giving up everything enjoyable.

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Challenges the popular longevity movement by questioning whether extreme life extension measures are worth it if they eliminate life's enjoyment.

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