title: Great Desire for Extended Life and Health amongst the American Public.
abstract: People want to live long, healthy lives. Previous surveys suggest very limited interest in much longer lifespans, but we show that stipulating good health changes responses to favor longer lives by an order of magnitude. Advances in aging research hold out hope for greatly slowed aging with associated good health. Understanding the public's desires correctly is important to avoid misallocation of resources for research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Yoni
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Donner
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fortney
authors.affiliation: School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Stuart R G
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Calimport
authors.affiliation: Independent Researcher San Francisco, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pfleger
authors.affiliation: Health Extension Foundation Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Munjal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Health Extension Foundation Seattle, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Betts-LaCroix
keywords: life extension; lifespan; public opinion; public policy; survey research
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