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Insofar as longevity is correlated with reducing suffering due to chronic pain and old-age disease, I think it's great. But there is one problem with longevity
by erfgh 4y ago
Insofar as longevity is correlated with reducing suffering due to chronic pain and old-age disease, I think it's great.
But there is one problem with longevity: Boredom is a thing. When you are a toddler even a small piece of paper or a string can excite you. But then you get bored and you need to find something else. I am almost 40 years old now and pretty much all my drive in life is my two kids. If I didn't have them I doubt I would find reason to get up from bed every morning. If I had to live forever or for a very great number of years I believe life would become a burden. It's always been possible to be old and sick and thus unable to do things you crave. But I fear one day it will be possible to be young (in body) and healthy and unwilling to do things because you've done them all before too many times.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoI'm almost 40 as well, with no kids, and I'm never bored. Sometimes I wish life slowed down enough to allow me to be bored, but there's a neverending stream of entertainment, information, and educational materials to draw from