You can live to 120 in good health, but everyone you know ages normally. Would you choose it?
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This poll explores how people weigh the promise of exceptional longevity against the emotional cost of watching loved ones age normally. Living to 120 in good health could offer decades of extra experiences, learning, travel, relationships, and personal growth. At the same time, such a long life might involve repeated loss, loneliness, and the challenge of forming new social bonds across generations. The question also raises deeper issues about whether a longer life is automatically a better one and how much our happiness depends on sharing life stages with others. Ultimately, the poll asks people to choose between maximizing their own healthy lifespan and remaining more closely synchronized with the lives of those they love.