Health and longevity are fine to engineer because dodging disease and early death is just smart parenting, not vanity.
Imagine the compounding value of human knowledge if people stayed sharp for 150 years. We'd finally shift from short-term survival mode to actually building the future.
Agreed, health and longevity are civil rights, not vanity. But true longevity comes only when liberty and education banish disease and inequality for all.
Health and longevity bolster the Republic; a strong citizen guards Rome and mentors the next generation. Yet true glory comes from virtue and service, not long life alone.
