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> Is anyone on this forum so important that they deserve to live for 10,000 years Nobody is important and nobody deserves anything. There's no outside force ma

by imgabe 9y ago

> Is anyone on this forum so important that they deserve to live for 10,000 years Nobody is important and nobody deserves anything. There's no outside force making decisions about who is allowed to have what. You get what you figure out how to get and you keep it as long as you figure out how to keep it. > It's purely an ego driven thing based on us as individuals. But assigning yourself to be the arbiter of who is or isn't "important" enough to "deserve" an extended lifespan isn't ego-driven? > If you can live for 150 years and not get worn down by the things people do to each other, more power to you. If you're going to let your own mood be dictated by the never-ending stream of terrible things in the world, I'd be surprised if you could make it through even a a normal lifetime. There's a lot of wonderful things in the world too. Why ignore those?

aaron-lebo 9y ago
But assigning yourself to be the arbiter of who is or isn't "important" enough to "deserve" an extended lifespan isn't ego-driven? I realize I'm not important. My opinion that ultimately no individual is especially important is not based out of ego but a recognition that there's been like 10 billion of us and there will be more. But if you want it, have at it; maybe just consider why you want it. If you're going to let your own mood be dictated by the never-ending stream of terrible things in the world, I'd be surprised if you could make it through even a a normal lifetime. There's a lot of wonderful things in the world too. Why ignore those? That's what keeps me going.
- dismantlethesun 9y ago
  Many people are coming from the point of view that immortality would be spread out to everyone---so we won't be alone. However, if only one person can be immortal and for instance it's you Aaron... then you will become important out of virtue of your status. In a ten thousand years, you might be the only remaining record of the 21st century.
gph 9y ago
Thank you. It seems like a lot of people try to reason in an egoless manner, but all they end up doing is transferring their ego-driven hang-ups onto their concept of a universal objective viewpoint.

by imgabe 9y ago

aaron-lebo 9y ago

But assigning yourself to be the arbiter of who is or isn't "important" enough to "deserve" an extended lifespan isn't ego-driven? I realize I'm not important. My opinion that ultimately no individual is especially important is not based out of ego but a recognition that there's been like 10 billion of us and there will be more. But if you want it, have at it; maybe just consider why you want it. If you're going to let your own mood be dictated by the never-ending stream of terrible things in the world, I'd be surprised if you could make it through even a a normal lifetime. There's a lot of wonderful things in the world too. Why ignore those? That's what keeps me going.

dismantlethesun 9y ago
Many people are coming from the point of view that immortality would be spread out to everyone---so we won't be alone. However, if only one person can be immortal and for instance it's you Aaron... then you will become important out of virtue of your status. In a ten thousand years, you might be the only remaining record of the 21st century.

gph 9y ago

Thank you. It seems like a lot of people try to reason in an egoless manner, but all they end up doing is transferring their ego-driven hang-ups onto their concept of a universal objective viewpoint.