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The endgame (a few hundred years from now) would be virtualizing consciousnesses and distributing them across space so only a cosmic disaster could end a being.

• jacquesm 5y ago
  You've arrived at heaven and the afterlife through non-religious ways.
  • morticiansflame 5y ago
    There's an episode of Black Mirror for this - "San Junipero".
    • xvector 5y ago
      Definitely my favorite episode, and beautifully optimistic. I like how they flipped the script on the generic and easy "immortality bad" hot-take.
      • mLuby 5y ago
        Also a brilliant subversion of expectations, given how bleak the rest of the series is.
• fossuser 5y ago
  Basically Permutation City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation_City
• 8note 5y ago
  Still sounds like death to me. The computer could be a near copy, but the actual me dies
  • xvector 5y ago
    You'd use something like gradual replacement to create a true transfer as opposed to a mere copy.