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There’s a valid point that is being overlooked by all the replies here: social change happens almost entirely between, not within, generations. While any indivi
by burlesona 6y ago
There’s a valid point that is being overlooked by all the replies here: social change happens almost entirely between, not within, generations. While any individual would prefer to live forever, human progress would likely be greatly reduced if we were not mortal, and did not have the personal imperative to “make something” of our short time on this earth, nor the infusion of fresh perspectives and ideas that come from new generations.
- mordymoop 6y agoWe don’t have any 500 year olds to look to. If we did, we might find that humans who have lived healthfully and richly for centuries, raised many children, participated in my adventures and pursued many ambitions, might look nothing like the cached expectation of a 100 year old elderly decrepit person, or a 70 year old cantankerous political reactionary. Then again, they might; we just don’t know. I would rather find out, rather than continuing to bury potential wise old elves in the ground because we find the elderly tiresome and unsightly and subconsciously want them permanently out of sight.
- antepodius 6y agoHow much of that is because your brain starts degrading after 30? 50-year olds are alreasy partially brain-damaged.