The Environmental Benefits of Life Extension desirable thing. They spend more time living happy lives by “traveling, spending more time with family, and just living life in general” (“What do people think about extending life?”). The extension of life also contributes to the reduction in mortality caused by my curable illnesses and diseases. Still according to InHumanExperiment, “the most commonly identified benefit was an increase in collective human wisdom and knowledge. The fact that important people such as doctors, scientists, etc. being around longer was also seen as a good thing” (“What do people think about extending life?”). This proves that there would be more research to prevent different diseases. While this may be true, living longer also means that individuals are more likely to be susceptible to diseases of old age and according to Dina Fine, deputy editor of Scientific American, life extension can also directly affect an individual, as people suffering from an illness or disease now, might live longer with that particular pain rather than dying naturally (Good,

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