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> It's weird to think that you'd be interested in living for centuries or longer in a world that has seen everyone before you die When you consider that humans

> It's weird to think that you'd be interested in living for centuries or longer in a world that has seen everyone before you die When you consider that humans are just primates that evolved from a process known as "survival of the fittest" - it's really not that weird at all. Thinking of people in terms of wild animals makes our actions much more explainable. But I think this is a good example of "perceived" injustice. The idea that someone may live indefinitely - at zero expense to you - makes you feel depressed. It reminds me of the iconic kindergarten rule "if you can't bring enough for the whole class, don't bring it". Because there's always that one kid that will put up a tantrum if he can't also have a snack. I think this is why many socialists identify with this article and also have depression. Like a kindergartener, they see what other people have and they want it. They think it's unfair that someone is wealthy while not everyone is. Then they "unselfishly" want to take and redistribute what wasn't theirs. Hence the "oh I'm so unselfish and depressed because I'm such a good person" type posts.

aaron-lebo 9y ago
You've got me wrong. If life-extension works and becomes widely available, I too could live, forever*. It's just I'm not sure that I'd want to, even if I could. Wouldn't it be incredibly depressing to watch something like WWI and then live to see humans doing the same dumb stuff 100 years later? Would you really want to see Twitter when you had lived through Twain? Wouldn't it be really depressing to be a thousand years old and to have every person you ever knew dead? It's not someone having 1000 years and someone having 100 that depresses me; it surprises me that someone would want to live for 1000 years when some people don't get 1. I can't imagine living for decades having experienced stuff like Vegas multiple times. It seems crushing. Then again, I'm not 130, so who knows.
- smokeyj 9y ago
  > it surprises me that someone would want to live for 1000 years when some people don't get 1 Yeah I get that. Crossing the border into Mexico is an experience. On one side of the line you have prosperity, on the other side you have soul crushing poverty. Then you go and enjoy some tacos.
- eduren 9y ago
  >Wouldn't it be really depressing to be a thousand years old and to have every person you ever knew dead? Well I assume that if I have long life that there are others too. Think of the deep relationships that one could form over a 1000+ year period.

aaron-lebo 9y ago

You've got me wrong. If life-extension works and becomes widely available, I too could live, forever*. It's just I'm not sure that I'd want to, even if I could. Wouldn't it be incredibly depressing to watch something like WWI and then live to see humans doing the same dumb stuff 100 years later? Would you really want to see Twitter when you had lived through Twain? Wouldn't it be really depressing to be a thousand years old and to have every person you ever knew dead? It's not someone having 1000 years and someone having 100 that depresses me; it surprises me that someone would want to live for 1000 years when some people don't get 1. I can't imagine living for decades having experienced stuff like Vegas multiple times. It seems crushing. Then again, I'm not 130, so who knows.

smokeyj 9y ago
> it surprises me that someone would want to live for 1000 years when some people don't get 1 Yeah I get that. Crossing the border into Mexico is an experience. On one side of the line you have prosperity, on the other side you have soul crushing poverty. Then you go and enjoy some tacos.
eduren 9y ago
>Wouldn't it be really depressing to be a thousand years old and to have every person you ever knew dead? Well I assume that if I have long life that there are others too. Think of the deep relationships that one could form over a 1000+ year period.