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haha, I'm hardly saying that "you'd be miserable otherwise anyway." I'm saying that death and birth together, but only together, allow new starts. Any wild de
by kingkawn 17y ago
haha, I'm hardly saying that "you'd be miserable otherwise anyway."
I'm saying that death and birth together, but only together, allow new starts. Any wild deviations in individuals, be they bad, such as depression, or great, like genius, end with that individual. We lose some wonderful and some damaged people, but the steady stream of endings and beginnings permits us to continuously renew and reassess our values and direction as a society and species.
Yes, you will not get to live forever, but it also means that human beings are healthier for having had so much variety of experience.
- jodrellblank 17y agoI'm saying that death and birth together, but only together, allow new starts OK - but why is that desirable? Yes, you will not get to live forever, but it also means that human beings are healthier for having had so much variety of experience. What do you mean to say human beings are healthier? I'd hope the species as a whole is benefitting a lot from the 150,000 people who die every day. How is the species benefitting (in ways that could not happen without mass unplanned death)?
- kingkawn 17y agoI'd hardly say those deaths are unexpected. And planned/unplanned deaths is another discussion entirely. They're quite normal for the most part, and in fact significantly lower than the rate of death in most other species. Human beings benefit because of resource use and culture change. Imagine if we double the lifespan of the majority of people on earth how insane things would quickly become. Or are we only talking about doubling the lifespan of those who can afford it? In which case wouldn't it be better to focus these research resources into raising universal quality of life (ie developing malaria drugs), rather than further raising QoL for the rich in the 1st world?