[/Emily Litella] 
I don’t really want immortality, but I wouldn’t mind having the longevity of a large tree or a tortoise. Human beings are facing old age and death before they’ve had adequate time to enjoy the fruits of their labors, often due to minor flaws that develop in their bodily apparatus.
Issac Asimov wrote that he thought immortality could be a bad thing for society.
The reasoning being that if people lived forever and could only be killed in an accident then most people would live very boring lives and the number of people that would take huge risks would diminish as they would be killed at a young age and the rest of society would live boring and avoid any extra risks
Interesting perception I thought
It’s agree it’s interesting, but I’d say we’re already pretty much there; the only risk I take is driving, and I’m a cautious driver. But no risk =/= boring, unless we’re saying the most fascinating people are guys trying to skateboard down railings.
And there’s a wider point to this that I think a lot of people assume; that living indefinitely would change your behaviour day to day.
But I dispute this. I think most people, moment to moment, already act as if they’re going to live indefinitely. Thoughts about the long term are something we have no choice but to consciously consider from time to time, but they’re not something that guides our every action.
If you were to tell me I have an extra 30 years before senescence kicks in, that would be great news, but I’d change absolutely nothing about my life right now, other than maybe deferring my pension payments.