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If we had that setup and faced those problems, would starting a mass holocaust that will kill everyone who ever has or will exist (inventing death) really be th

• ThrowawayR2 7y ago
  We are talking about a far future of people whose sense of self-preservation is so strong that they are willing to place their continued existence, presumably at their current level of comfort and power, ahead of every single other concern in the universe. (Anyone else who did not already checked out "on their own terms" as xxvector says.) I'm not persuaded that they will be inclined to make any significant sacrifices for the good for the rest of humanity or for future generations. [EDIT] I knew I was reminded of something from SF. Quoting from the Wikipedia article for Pierson's Puppeteers from Niven's writings: > "In Ringworld, Nessus, a Puppeteer, explains how his race's cowardice is partly a result of a science experiment (the details of which are not given) that proves the Puppeteers have nothing equivalent to an immortal soul, and therefore death is, for their species, eternal oblivion. As a result, the Puppeteer race is fanatically devoted to its own safety...."
• bagacrap 7y ago
  In GP's dystopia, the peasants cannot afford immortality.
  • ilammy 7y ago
    Now that reminds me of Kuttner's Fury. Though his 'immortal' elites were simply having 200+ years lifespans, but for peasants that felt as good as actually being immortal.