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Of course it's not just accidents we'd need to worry about if we didn't age — there's also murder, warfare, suicide, infectious diseases, etc. I think Aubrey de
by perilunar 7y ago
Of course it's not just accidents we'd need to worry about if we didn't age — there's also murder, warfare, suicide, infectious diseases, etc. I think Aubrey de Grey said the average lifespan would be ~500-1000 years absent age-related diseases.
- solveit 7y agoI think people's risk tolerances would dramatically change with unbounded lifespans, and we would take any threat to life much more seriously than we do now.
- perilunar 7y agoFor a while yes. Though I can imagine very old but fit people taking up extreme sports when they get bored with life and dying in entirely avoidable accidents.