▲ 284 ▼ Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect (www.economist.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 171 comments fedilink hide all child comments Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect::undefined
[+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago My great grandma died at 101 earlier this year. She had ran out of money a while ago, but she had so many descendants at that point that everyone took turns caring for her. One of her daughters lived with her and the other 6~7 children all pitched in. She never had to stay at a home. That's a nice thing about being old as shit, assuming you had at least some children. Your descendants exponentially increase allowing you to draw money from a significant pool of people. I flew into the country to visit her for her 100th birthday and there were almost 100 people there, majority family members. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago My great grandma died at 101 earlier this year. She had ran out of money a while ago, but she had so many descendants at that point that everyone took turns caring for her. One of her daughters lived with her and the other 6~7 children all pitched in. She never had to stay at a home. That's a nice thing about being old as shit, assuming you had at least some children. Your descendants exponentially increase allowing you to draw money from a significant pool of people. I flew into the country to visit her for her 100th birthday and there were almost 100 people there, majority family members. permalink fedilink source parent