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I think death is at the heart of what makes life worth it and enjoyable. Imagine, at the extreme, we find a cure for death. What happens then? Overpopulation at
by polishdude20 6y ago
I think death is at the heart of what makes life worth it and enjoyable. Imagine, at the extreme, we find a cure for death. What happens then? Overpopulation at the simplest. I can see how this can quickly lead to life being worse than death if played out to the extreme.
- lccarrasco 6y agoI believe that the cure for death would not be distributed evenly at first, and by the time everyone has access to it, there are two options: 1.- We haven't solved the problems caused by overpopulation, and in that case standards of living will drop and people will either have less children or choose to end their lives voluntarily. 2.- We have solved them and there is no longer any issue.
- IggleSniggle 6y agoWhat about 3) standard of living will drop and people will have their lives ended involuntarily (ie war)?
- hombre_fatal 6y agoWe can't even imagine the new ethics and rituals of a human world where immortality was on offer, but it's hard to imagine something as boring as overpopulation snuffing them out. It's kinda like who could've predicted that we'd be arguing about gender/queer theory when the first nukes fell on us.