What I Would Do If I Could Live To Be 150 Years Old

What would you do if you lived to be 150 years old? What about 300? The Methuselah Foundation is dedicated to curing age-related disease and extending the healthy human lifespan. And we’re closer than you think. Tell us what you would do with an extra 50 or 100 years of healthy life. You can submit your entries as a comment, photo, or video below. 10 winners will receive VIP admission and dinner seating to the upcoming Aging 2008 at Royce Hall, UCLA on June 27: http://www.mfoundation.org/Aging2008/ 1 grand prize winner will receive a rejuvenating spa package valued at more than $500.

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Posted by Nato Welch  on  06/21  at  02:25 AM

I wouldn't change a thing. What could you do with an extra fifty or hundred years that you couldn't do with the ones you already have? I mean, what's stopping you?

Don't get me wrong; there's absolutely nothing wrong with more of the same. But if you end up changing how you live your life based on whether you expect to live to 80 or 150, Why weren't you living that way in the first place?

I don't plan my life that far in advance; that's the freedom that makes life worth living in the first place.

Posted by Paul Dyer  on  06/23  at  01:11 PM

WOW! You've thought about this before, haven't you?

Seriously, fantastic video!

Posted by GV  on  06/25  at  01:14 AM

I think living that long could change the way people treat life. Even now there is a very diffrent attitude between my mother and my grand mothers generations.

My grand mother never expected really to live past 75 and treats every day like a gift an exciting adventure. She's usually pretty relaxed and happy to learn new things.

My mother is well into her 50s but has no notion of old age, she plans as if she will be fit and healthy for another 50, accumulates assets and can't even concive of the idea of retirement yet, on the other hand she is very inflexible and doesn't like learning new things. Although she rarely has to be cause her generation dominates the culture.

Posted by Jairo Eduardo Márquez Díaz  on  08/08  at  10:11 AM

I think that prolonging the life is brilliant, in fact I have investigated in this respect, and there are several options that could be viable short term, to be implemented.

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