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That sort of thing always felt meaningless to me. Sure I could carve my name or a blog post into a cave wall… so what. “Some small part” of me doesn’t live on
by unsupp0rted 4y ago
That sort of thing always felt meaningless to me.
Sure I could carve my name or a blog post into a cave wall… so what.
“Some small part” of me doesn’t live on.
Even some small part of Aristotle or Cleopatra doesn’t live on. Ideas and stories live, but people die.
The death of personality is currently total and final.
I don’t know why Billionaires don’t invest their entire fortunes into research on reversing this.
- xyzelement 4y agoI think relatively few people share this kind of existential dread. It actually has never crossed my mind personally. If I think 500 years into the future, what would be great is if my descendants are ample and thriving, and my values are upheld. That feels like such a win to me. The fact that I won't physically be there is irrelevant. On the other hand, artificial continuation of an otherwise impact-less life sounds awful to me. I suspect that billionaires (certainly, the 2 that I have some insight into having worked for them) think much more about impact they are creating, than some sort of "hang on forever like a barnacle" type of existence.