Why not?

Aubrey de Grey says that

radical increases in human life expectancy will be possible within the next twenty to thirty years. “As medicine becomes more powerful”, he says, “we will inevitably be able to address ageing just as effectively as we address many diseases today. I think the first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already.”

Much more in this piece by Paul Miller and James Wilsdon in openDemocracy.

(P.S. If you pooh pooh this idea, you’re a “deathist.” lol — who knew?)