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"We weren't built for it" isn't really an argument. There are so many counterexamples of things we weren't built for but are popular. It lets you make a bet on

by tlb 4y ago

"We weren't built for it" isn't really an argument. There are so many counterexamples of things we weren't built for but are popular. It lets you make a bet on the future being better. Wouldn't a guy who froze himself 100 or 200 years ago be mightily impressed by today's level of technology and prosperity? The bet can go badly, of course. The world might get worse. But it's a reasonable bet to make if you believe in continued progress.

tgv 4y ago
> Wouldn't a guy who froze himself 100 or 200 years ago That would have been 1823. No electricity, no cars, no running water, let alone computers and digital payment, and probably a pretty different dialect. He would be homeless. Imagine being someone like Rockefeller ending up between homeless immigrants and gangs. No matter how much progress society has made, that person wouldn't enjoy it.