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If you had the option to extend your life by a hundred healthy years, can you in good faith say that you would't take it?
by drakonka 4y ago
If you had the option to extend your life by a hundred healthy years, can you in good faith say that you would't take it?
- delusional 4y agoI would probably take it, but that doesn't mean it's not harmful. I drink coca cola, doesn't mean I have to think it's healthy or the the coca cola company is fantastic.
- drakonka 4y agoIsn't the derision in your original comment about people trying to pursue this a little hypocritical in that case? Sounds a bit like "This guy and rich dudes wanting to live forever are so cringe. Sign me up though." (Edit: Just saw that you aren't the person who left the original comment, so I guess the above is moot unless the original commenter feels the same way.)
- shafyy 4y agoAs I've commented above, I do feel the same way. But two things can be true at the same time: 1) The technology to make humans immortal shouldn't exist, and 2) if it existed, I'd probably still use it. This is not hypocritical in my mind. It would be hypocritical if I myself would work on or invest money into longevity tech and make a statement like this.
- shafyy 4y agoOf course I would take, and so would most people. And this is exactly the problem. This will mean that it will be harder than ever to get rid of old, entrenched ideas. It's already hard now: Most decisions are taken by old white men, who are out of touch with today's world and don't have any real incentive to care about the long-term.