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The focus of anti-aging research is to maintain good health for a prolonged period of time. I don't see any reason why we wouldn't be productive for far longer
by lumost 6y ago
The focus of anti-aging research is to maintain good health for a prolonged period of time. I don't see any reason why we wouldn't be productive for far longer in such a world. While doing the same grind could get old after a while, there would be far less restriction on taking prolonged "time out periods"
Imagine being able to take a year off for the Appalachian trail or get a PhD in your 50s without concern for ROI or the short-term career impact of losing 4-5 years. Not be viewed as having hit peak potential in your late 20s/30s.
- yesbabyyes 6y ago> Imagine being able to take a year off for the Appalachian trail or get a PhD in your 50s without concern for ROI or the short-term career impact of losing 4-5 years. How do I not interpret this as wanting everybody, at a time when our society is facing huge challenges, to spend time and resources on prolonging your life, so you can walk around the poorest parts of the US, without it costing you? I mean, it's natural in way, I suppose, to want everything for oneself without investing anything, but it also seems laughably childish, selfish and short-sighted. Will the people of Appalachia also have access to immortality, in your vision? If so, how?
- joshspankit 6y agoYou’re assuming that we continue the current version of capitalism. Your interpretation doesn’t fit if you assume something like automation-funded UBI. I feel like if we live forever, we’ll have to drastically re-think money anyway or if parents put in money with compound interest at the birth of their child it might provide that child financial security forever.