While transhumanism would certainly be a ground-breaking achievement; as you mentioned in your post, being a transhumanist or should we say, a chrononaut, won't be a ride in the park.
You look so young! What are you? 140?"
"160"
That was funny. :)
The prospect of living to 150 or more may seem exciting but what will we do with ourselves? Even if one is healthy, life can get quite boring. If you ask older people if they'd like to live for 150 years, the majority would probably respond with a NO.
I wish to lead a healthy life and look young/good as long as I live, but as far as death is concerned, I would let nature takes its course.
Great thought-provoking post!
I think that if we had the ability to live forever then we would just do whatever we would of wanted to do if we didn't have a extended lifespan. Plus eventually we are going to have super immersive virtual reality where you could do pretty much anything you can imagine.
Secondly when it comes to asking people who are old if they wanted to live forever well I think you are phrasing the question wrong. Normally when you ask someone if they wanted to live forever (Especially if they're already old) they would take the question as if it meant that they get to live forever but with all the problems that come with old age. When asking the question you would want to emphasize that you're talking about expanding not just lifespan but ALSO healthspan. So the question would be do you want to live forever young? Then I am pretty sure the answers to the question would change dramatically.
By the way if you want to read more about achieving immortality through biological and also non-biological means than you should check out my post here:
https://steemit.com/sciencefiction/@digitalcosmos555/futurtopia-2-living-forever
How much of the reason do you think that old people don't want to live for 150 years is due to the aging process? If the aging process were much slower or reversible, perhaps they would want to live for 150 years.
Wow! You make more sense to me.