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But why?

• echelon 4y ago
  To not die at 80. Do be young as long as you live. To cure people of cancer, heart, lung, liver, kidney, and other diseases. Intractable diseases. Once it becomes normalized, you'll even see people swapping their bodies for ones they prefer. Gender. Increased height, musculature, or VO2max. Transgenic craziness. Why not? Why accept what we have now?
  • abrax3141 4y ago
    Why not: Permitting our children to breathe and eat, maybe? You had your 80 years. Get out of the way.
    • echelon 4y ago
      You're free to do you. If you haven't checked, we're below replacement rate in the West. Apparently most don't find kids to be a priority either. I'm going to spend every effort to maximize my one in infinity chance of experiencing the cosmos. Because after this, there's nothing. Make it long enough, and we might get to see it through to the end. An extreme long shot that demands a near perfect play through. But hey, what else is there to pursue? Making widgets and drinking whiskey while growing old? Everyone else seems to be exploring these well traveled paths. I'm not content to hope it ends there.
      • abrax3141 4y ago
        Well, unfortunately, it does. And there are worse things than whisky.