Speaking of longetivity, a tortoise has just completed 175 years and is currently residing in an Australian Zoo. Apparently, Charles Darwin picked her up from Galapagos islands. The longest a human has lived so far, that has been documented is 122 years and some 164 days. That's quite a long time. I am not sure I'll enjoy being around for that long. The old inevitably make way for the new. That's how the world works, whether we like it or not. Even Steve Jobs says that death is the ultimate reality. We all are united there, whichever path we may choose to take.
So what would it be like to live for 175 years? Seinfeld once talked about living just for 35 years, when the average life expectance was around that number - you'd get your license when you were 8, get married when you were 11 and so on. Let's examine this situation - you have all the time in the world to do anything!
You can afford to fail a class a few times "don't worry, I got plenty of years to pass" :)
You could slowly get your drivers license - no need to get it at 16....you could wait till you are 35 and decide not to clog the road until then.
One could get back to school at 45 or 60 and attend kindergarden or 2nd grade....no worries. Plenty of time to graduate and find a job.
May be you can think about doing an MBA and switch careers at the age of 80. Oh yeah, the average age to do an MBA would then become 75 and the spread will be like from 25 to 105! So, the 25 year old can not only learn business from the 105 year old, but also everything about life starting from birth to death :)
The 401k early withdrawal penalty would kick in if you withdraw anytime before 100. After all you got 75 more years to use that money up, so shouldn't you be saving?
Early retirement would mean retiring at 120. Until then, you got your chance to become a millionaire or a billionaire.
Women could still have children after 60. After 80 would be considered a little too late and may have some medical complications.
You got all your 50s and 60s to find a bride or a groom and that'd be normal. Of course there will be some people who do it very late and may end up looking for a mate when they are approaching 100.
The person selling tickets at cinema theatres would still be 15, the guy who tears up the stubs will be 135.
People would still clearly remember all of American History. Some others would think that there have been too many wars when they were around. In fact, people might be able to completely quantify green house effect over a couple of centuries!
"This house is 150 years old - it was bought by my father who is still around".
But the technology growth might be too much to digest for some individuals. They might have been around when Graham bell invented the telephone....they probably couldn't take the cell phones with video service.
So what would it be like to live for 175 years? Seinfeld once talked about living just for 35 years, when the average life expectance was around that number - you'd get your license when you were 8, get married when you were 11 and so on. Let's examine this situation - you have all the time in the world to do anything!
You can afford to fail a class a few times "don't worry, I got plenty of years to pass" :)
You could slowly get your drivers license - no need to get it at 16....you could wait till you are 35 and decide not to clog the road until then.
One could get back to school at 45 or 60 and attend kindergarden or 2nd grade....no worries. Plenty of time to graduate and find a job.
May be you can think about doing an MBA and switch careers at the age of 80. Oh yeah, the average age to do an MBA would then become 75 and the spread will be like from 25 to 105! So, the 25 year old can not only learn business from the 105 year old, but also everything about life starting from birth to death :)
The 401k early withdrawal penalty would kick in if you withdraw anytime before 100. After all you got 75 more years to use that money up, so shouldn't you be saving?
Early retirement would mean retiring at 120. Until then, you got your chance to become a millionaire or a billionaire.
Women could still have children after 60. After 80 would be considered a little too late and may have some medical complications.
You got all your 50s and 60s to find a bride or a groom and that'd be normal. Of course there will be some people who do it very late and may end up looking for a mate when they are approaching 100.
The person selling tickets at cinema theatres would still be 15, the guy who tears up the stubs will be 135.
People would still clearly remember all of American History. Some others would think that there have been too many wars when they were around. In fact, people might be able to completely quantify green house effect over a couple of centuries!
"This house is 150 years old - it was bought by my father who is still around".
But the technology growth might be too much to digest for some individuals. They might have been around when Graham bell invented the telephone....they probably couldn't take the cell phones with video service.
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