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Death is a feature not a bug

by neets 3y ago

melling 3y ago
Yes, we should always leave death as an option. Conversation over.
- shadowfoxx 3y ago
  Well, even if we solve Biological decay, that doesn't mean we are impervious to damage.
- feoren 3y ago
  "Death should be an option therefore I demand that you die" Huh? Who said anything about prohibiting death? Nobody is going to demand that you take anti-aging therapies if you don't want them. Who are you to tell everyone else that they're not allowed to live?
  - melling 3y ago
    "Death should be an option therefore I demand that you die" No one said that. People are arguing against immortality and in favor of death. People who believe that can still choose death
    - feoren 3y ago
      > Death is a feature not a bug > Yes, we should always leave death as an option. Conversation over. Weird to say "no one said that" in the comment threat that literally opened with that line. "Death is a feature not a bug" means "we should make sure people continue to die." Then you seem to agree (that "yes" is rather out of place if you don't), but I admit to not being 100% clear on what you mean. Either way, it's absolutely not true that "no one" is demanding that I die of old age for the greater good. The originator of this comment thread is absolutely saying that, and he's not the only one.
mdp2021 3y ago
The end after a lifetime of cultivation is a waste of the same, if decline is not an issue.
lifeinthevoid 3y ago
Yip, time is worth something to us humans because it is scarce, without its scarcity it loses all value.
- mdp2021 3y ago
  No, there is no reason to assert that scarcity determined importance. Air is not really scarce, yet it remains paramount - because it has real value. Time is a crucial resource: more useful time, more wealth; less, less wealth. If one felt a resource is not to be wasted just because of scarcity, that would be a subjective naïve misperception.
  - lifeinthevoid 3y ago
    I didn't generalize that scarcity equals value though. Time is valuable to me, because it is scarce.
    - mdp2021 3y ago
      Time remains of value even when abundant. The logic that is valid for resources is valid for the instance of resource which is time.
amackera 3y ago
A feature for who?

Death is a feature not a bug

by neets 3y ago

Death is a feature not a bug

melling 3y ago

Yes, we should always leave death as an option. Conversation over.

shadowfoxx 3y ago
Well, even if we solve Biological decay, that doesn't mean we are impervious to damage.
feoren 3y ago
"Death should be an option therefore I demand that you die" Huh? Who said anything about prohibiting death? Nobody is going to demand that you take anti-aging therapies if you don't want them. Who are you to tell everyone else that they're not allowed to live?
- melling 3y ago
  "Death should be an option therefore I demand that you die" No one said that. People are arguing against immortality and in favor of death. People who believe that can still choose death
  - feoren 3y ago
    > Death is a feature not a bug > Yes, we should always leave death as an option. Conversation over. Weird to say "no one said that" in the comment threat that literally opened with that line. "Death is a feature not a bug" means "we should make sure people continue to die." Then you seem to agree (that "yes" is rather out of place if you don't), but I admit to not being 100% clear on what you mean. Either way, it's absolutely not true that "no one" is demanding that I die of old age for the greater good. The originator of this comment thread is absolutely saying that, and he's not the only one.

mdp2021 3y ago

The end after a lifetime of cultivation is a waste of the same, if decline is not an issue.

lifeinthevoid 3y ago

Yip, time is worth something to us humans because it is scarce, without its scarcity it loses all value.

mdp2021 3y ago
No, there is no reason to assert that scarcity determined importance. Air is not really scarce, yet it remains paramount - because it has real value. Time is a crucial resource: more useful time, more wealth; less, less wealth. If one felt a resource is not to be wasted just because of scarcity, that would be a subjective naïve misperception.
- lifeinthevoid 3y ago
  I didn't generalize that scarcity equals value though. Time is valuable to me, because it is scarce.
  - mdp2021 3y ago
    Time remains of value even when abundant. The logic that is valid for resources is valid for the instance of resource which is time.

amackera 3y ago

A feature for who?