At 116, Ethel Caterham is the world's oldest living person — the oldest ever, France's Jeanne Calment who reached 122. Supercentenarians are extremely rare. They have lived history — wars, moon landings, the internet. Multiple lifetimes packed into one.

Spain's María Branyas Morera, who reached 117, credited her longevity simply:

"an orderly life that is socially very pleasant… a good life, without excesses."

No secret formula. Just a life well lived.

Admirable. But with robots, rising chaos, wars, and the world feeling more unhinged by the day — do we even want to stick around that long?