Table 2.

Mindsets of Longevity Motivation

Mindset	Motive	Guiding principle	Research focus (sample)
Essentialist	Infinite life	Motivation for extended life span involves striving to overcome biological degeneration and health declines	Antiaging medicine, rejuvenation
Medicalist	Healthy life	Motivation for extension of lifetime is conditional on physical and mental health	Curative medicine, therapeutic intervention
Stoicist	Dignified life	Motivation for a long life reflects a wish for dignity and meaning even when there is loss and vulnerability	Palliative medicine, geriatric rehabilitation