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Given technological progress and human nature I think that might be a temporary or worst case scenario but unlikely to be a long term status quo. What about ex

Given technological progress and human nature I think that might be a temporary or worst case scenario but unlikely to be a long term status quo. What about exploration or just plain old boredom? There might be more radical escapes (VR, brain upload), more extreme sports or more people leaving this planet in search of something else. 1000 years is a long time. Forever is a lot longer than that..

4818 10y ago
Nobody lives forever even with "anti-aging technology". This universe does not allow for that (black holes, galaxy collisions, stars burn out, meteorite collisions, accidents, war, crime) If you stay on earth you have 4 or 5 billion years. Nevermind the human aspects: 1) having to eat soup forever (teeth won't last that long) 2) marriage is forever (no, not even until death anymore)
- Qwertious 10y ago
  I think immortality and living for a few million/billion/trillion years are essentially interchangeable, for all we can appreciate it - I mean, yes we'll die eventually, but nobody thinks a million years ahead. Hell, Most people don't even think 3 years ahead, from what I've seen of elections. Risk of violent death is mainly an issue because it's not worth investing in - you're going to be die for sure before age 130 currently, why bother with the smidgen of a chance of death by comet when AGING is around? Remove aging-related death and people will put a whole lot more effort into preventing other things. As for the human aspects: Replacing teeth should be easy, since we can already do full implants (we just don't bother much, since most people die before their teeth fall out, if they brush/floss properly) and we'll have a long time to figure it out if we really want the normal type. Marriage isn't forever currently, and I don't see how immortality would change that.

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Given technological progress and human nature I think that might be a temporary or worst case scenario but unlikely to be a long term status quo. What about ex

by pixelbash 10y ago

4818 10y ago
Nobody lives forever even with "anti-aging technology". This universe does not allow for that (black holes, galaxy collisions, stars burn out, meteorite collisions, accidents, war, crime) If you stay on earth you have 4 or 5 billion years. Nevermind the human aspects: 1) having to eat soup forever (teeth won't last that long) 2) marriage is forever (no, not even until death anymore)
- Qwertious 10y ago
  I think immortality and living for a few million/billion/trillion years are essentially interchangeable, for all we can appreciate it - I mean, yes we'll die eventually, but nobody thinks a million years ahead. Hell, Most people don't even think 3 years ahead, from what I've seen of elections. Risk of violent death is mainly an issue because it's not worth investing in - you're going to be die for sure before age 130 currently, why bother with the smidgen of a chance of death by comet when AGING is around? Remove aging-related death and people will put a whole lot more effort into preventing other things. As for the human aspects: Replacing teeth should be easy, since we can already do full implants (we just don't bother much, since most people die before their teeth fall out, if they brush/floss properly) and we'll have a long time to figure it out if we really want the normal type. Marriage isn't forever currently, and I don't see how immortality would change that.