On 4/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Samantha Atkins</b> <<a href="mailto:sjatkins@mac.com">sjatkins@mac.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;">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.<br>
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Fair point, and I corrected myself in a later message: I wouldn't say I
don't (or anyone shouldn't) want to live past X years, for any value of
X; only that if I get to the point where I'm drooling on my chin in a
wheelchair or a nursing home, I will place negative utility on
subsequent existence, however soon or late that may be. As long as I'm
capable of making a positive difference, I'm in favor of sticking
around.<br>