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Time. I can work and try to figure out how to make more of whatever else I want, but there are hard biological limits on how long I can last at a sufficiently h
by nonameiguess 5y ago
Time. I can work and try to figure out how to make more of whatever else I want, but there are hard biological limits on how long I can last at a sufficiently high quality of existence to be worth doing anything else. I don't want immortality and the eventual infinite boredom of experiencing the heat death of the universe, but give me the duration of humanity's existence. I want to see everything we ever do.
Caveat that I'd have to think long and hard about the terms of this and confer with other wishers on how trustworthy this genie is. I don't want to degrade to the point I can't move a single joint yet stay alive, or spend 700 million years encased in concrete or trapped at the ocean floor or whatever other horrible crap a malicious genie might come up with. So I need to figure out some way to word it in terms of not aging or suffering injury. Perfect resilience, but I still want the ability to die by choice.
- kite_and_code 5y agoWhat do you hope humanity would do in the future (that you will then experience/observe)? Also, are you familiar with the work of Dr. Sinclair e.g. "Why we age and why we don't have to"? It seems like he aims for a version of (optional) immortality that you describe.