<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Whoa. We have people running large segments of the world who are older than 70! These assumptions about what 70 is like come pretty close to ageism. Many people are quite competent and active beyond 70. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>- samantha</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 3, 2006, at 12:34 PM, Russell Wallace wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">On 4/3/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Al Brooks</B> <<A href="mailto:kerry_prez@yahoo.com">kerry_prez@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote"></SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <DIV style="direction: ltr;"><DIV>It is a valid question; for that matter why would anyone want to live much more than three score and ten? After awhile you might very well feel like a burden to yourself and to those who take care of you.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR> As things currently stand, I wouldn't. If we get to the point where it's possible to live _and be healthy_ much past three score and ten, on the other hand, that's a different ball game altogether - and nothing in that idea is forbidden by the laws of physics.<BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">extropy-chat mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>