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Or people would live long enough to grow wiser... realize the errors of their ways. People might start caring about their communities if they knew they had to
by wernercd 11y ago
Or people would live long enough to grow wiser... realize the errors of their ways.
People might start caring about their communities if they knew they had to deal with it 200 years from now.
- drcross 11y agoImagine politicians being accountable for their decisions, or relaxing the pressure that women are under to reproduce before they are 30. Mastering aging would allow the human race to significantly rise about our natural apeish behaviour that has to be unlearned through education during adolescents.
- c3o 11y agoHmm, but isn't the cliche that people with more future ahead of them live more recklessly, take more things for granted, "waste" more time, etc – that "what really counts in life" becomes especially apparent when some threat instills a sense of urgency? People might stop caring about their communities because of a prolonged phase of youthful self-centeredness and a lack of any urgency?