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I'd rather live in a world where my great-grandparents are in charge than not live at all.

• falcolas 13y ago
  It's worth considering that extended lifespans could have very well result in you not living at all - the Earth can only sustain a limited number of people, and extended lifespans would result in a necessary decrease in new lives brought into this world.
  • diminoten 13y ago
    I disagree with that thought, actually. I believe current models of consumption ignore human innovation, something we're quite good at doing when survival is on the line.
    • falcolas 13y ago
      Even considering human innovation, the laws of thermodynamics will eventually limit growth, not to mention the sheer lack of space.
      • diminoten 13y ago
        I don't believe the laws of thermodynamics will ever come into play when talking about the expansion of the human race, at least insofar as we don't start talking about humanity as a universal mainstay for the remainder of the existence of... existence.
  • UnFleshedOne 13y ago
    Any action of anyone could prevent somebody from being conceived. Or inaction. Simply refusing to have as much unprotected sex as you could physically have results in new lives not being brought into this world... I don't think we need to maximize amount of new people for the sake of it. Old generation owes to the new generation to not screw them up by using up resources/making world worse than they got it, etc. But they have absolutely no obligations to actually _make_ a new generation.