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That sounds like a horrible idea. Can you imagine if half the senate had been in office over 60 years? They'd still be fighting about the Civil Rights act. C
by rubashov 16y ago
That sounds like a horrible idea. Can you imagine if half the senate had been in office over 60 years? They'd still be fighting about the Civil Rights act.
Cronkite still reading the news. The same NYT and WSJ editorial staffs for many decades.
The same scientists and writers getting all the speaking engagements, more or less forever.
At least right now these people eventually get old and go away. We'd be stuck in a horrible stasis without that.
- orangecat 16y agoSuppose you lived in a race of near-immortals which had all the problems you're imagining, and you get appointed to a task force to address them. Would your recommendation really be to create a pathogen that slowly cripples everyone's bodies and minds over several decades until it eventually kills them?