My theory is that the more intensely involved we are with caring for the very old and sick, the less appealing the notion of ever-longer lifespans becomes.
I can practically hear legions of New Old Age readers — hip-deep in elder tasks, in decisions and tussles and exhausting responsibilities — chorusing, “More years of this? Please, no.” A number of older readers have expressed similar sentiments here themselves.
But what if longevity didn’t involve an extended period of managing chronic illnesses and coping with frailty and disability, as so often happens now? What if we were talking about years of health and vigor, decades or even centuries in which we barely felt the impact of age? About not merely (merely!) defeating killers like Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, but achieving near-immortality?
Such visions, and the emerging science that might make them possible, have intrigued Jonathan Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, for years.
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