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I wouldn't really want to live forever. The world's going to get worse before it gets better, and I don't want to sit through that.
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People have been saying that for centuries. I don't know about you, but I think things are a hell of a lot better now than at any time in recent history (looking at a macro scale, I mean. Obviously the economy is worse now than four years ago).
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I have not, but speaking to how a society that has conquered aging would work, you would have to be prepared to give up a lot of personal freedoms. Having children whenever you want would be right out. In fact, a large portion of the population would probably need to be sterilized. Crime would probably be more severely punished, as a population who has seemingly conquered death would be a great deal more fearful of violent death. It doesn't seem like a great life.
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It's been a while since I read it, but from memory; Humanity had spread out to other planets in order to reduce overpopulation. Even still, childbirth was heavily regulated and mostly only allowed to intellectual and physically superior people, though some small but significant percentage of the licences were given out in a lottery. The latter became an important plot point, as it turns out that
an alien race was essentially breeding humans for good luck, as a child born from five successive generations of child-lottery winners must be exceedingly lucky indeed. Also, people became a lot more risk-averse and hesitated before using any new technology because they didn't want to take the chance with anything that might potentially cause physical harm leading to death.
