Why does quality and lifespan have to be a dichotomy? In fact the more I think about it, living a quality lifestyle often leads to longer life (eating healthy, keeping fit, having meaningful friendships).
Both my wife and I have signed the papers to decline extended life in a vegetative state and have confirmed our desires with our kids.
The aging process will have the final word, but it’s a process. Nobody is healthy one day and in vegetative state the next.
It’s a good idea to live a healthy life, but you are merely shifting the odds. Many a health nut has hit 60 and found themselves with new problems every year, and each one is a small thing, but it adds up.
Both my wife and I have signed the papers to decline extended life in a vegetative state and have confirmed our desires with our kids.