It seems that quite frequently, whenever someone lives to be 100 or 110 or some other impressive number, they tend to be celebrated and interviewed by newspapers and asked enthusiastically what their “secret” is (that is, how they were able to live so long in reasonable health). But then, when the idea of making it possible for everyone to live to 110 or beyond in good health is suggested, many people will claim that this is a bad idea or that it “diminishes what it means to be human”!
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