X-Message-Number: 19417 Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 16:44:10 -0700 From: "David C. Harris (roaming)" <> Subject: older people's longevity preferences References: <> > Message #19408 > Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 09:12:57 -0400 > From: Thomas Donaldson <> > ... > It would also be very interesting to know how many would raise their > hands in groups of different ages ie. what happens if you ask 40 or > 50 year old people? ... In 1986 I was at Expo 86, the World's Fair in Vancouver, B.C. They had a futuristic show in a large theater with voting response buttons by all of the 300+ people. Many of the people were retirement ages. When we were asked a question about how long we would like to live, far fewer than half said they'd want to live longer than 200 years. I was astounded! To me it's always been "if it's good life, more is better!". Perhaps many audience members at Expo assumed that "old" had to be "suffering". Unfortunately there was no data to do a breakdown by ages that would answer Thomas Donaldson's question about 40's and 50's ages. And a little off topic, I send a friendly "hello" to my friend David Stodolsky, from the Apple II days in Palo Alto! -- David Harris, Palo Alto, California. GPS location: 37.41988, -122.13388 (1984 World Geodetic Survey system). Active account: Lifetime e-mail forwarding: Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=19417