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Living - literally - forever would render life meaningless. Every choice would become inconsequential since every possible outcome and situation would be relive
by admissionsguy 6y ago
Living - literally - forever would render life meaningless. Every choice would become inconsequential since every possible outcome and situation would be relived an infinite number of times.
Curing biological aging that this article is about is something else entirely and obviously very desirable. Should people think it is not very desirable - after the lengths we have collectively taken over the past year to prolong the lives of a few by a little bit - it would be... strange.
- A12-B 6y agoIt's obviously desirable, but it's going to be a really funny joke when they realise you can still die incredibly easily by a fatal accident, robbing you of your promised 800 years of life. It doesn't help that these types of accidents are exacerbated by climate change, political instability, crime, etc. Problems we still haven't solved, yet somehow we will be able to solve ageing. Right.
- kazinator 6y ago> Every choice would become inconsequential Except the choice of finally stepping in front of a train you've taken daily for the past 300 years.
- petercooper 6y agoEvery choice would become inconsequential since every possible outcome and situation would be relived an infinite number of times. Depends on the society in place. If there are still criminal records, social memories, credit scores, etc. then if you commit various types of financial or bodily crime then you could become a pariah for, well, ever. I think such a thing would ultimately push more people to either being particularly virtuous, to completely change their identity, or terminate their lives.