Real talk. Just to observe what this all turns into. Do we nuke ourselves then I just float in space slowly going insane cause I can’t die. Or do we get Star Trek gay space communism, then I can leverage my seemingly invinciblity to go on deep space exploration missions, coming across the guys that turned themselves into sentient balls of energy and convince them to turn me into one too, then experience their culture for a few lifetimes before eventually becoming Q and fucking with other passing physical beings.
Under the current system, which has a lot of built in false scarcity, it would mean a 20 year old would be fighting your 300 year old self for resources. In a world with more even distribution of resources maybe it could work temporarily but eventually humans would either need to stop reproducing or enough people would need to die of war or starvation to justify continued reproduction.
A system like this ultimately amounts to eugenics as only the “haves” will have access to immortality while the “have nots” perish naturally.
Desiring immortality is an inherently self centered mindset.
Can’t help but think that people who want to keep themselves alive forever have fundamentally missed the point.
They absolutely have, they just want their name in a history book when life is so much fucking more.
I would like to live forever. See how things turn out. I’m not going to be in any history book
Real talk. Just to observe what this all turns into. Do we nuke ourselves then I just float in space slowly going insane cause I can’t die. Or do we get Star Trek gay space communism, then I can leverage my seemingly invinciblity to go on deep space exploration missions, coming across the guys that turned themselves into sentient balls of energy and convince them to turn me into one too, then experience their culture for a few lifetimes before eventually becoming Q and fucking with other passing physical beings.
Living forever is a pretty direct fuck you to the next generation of humans so I can’t support it unfortunately.
How is that a duck you to anyone?
Under the current system, which has a lot of built in false scarcity, it would mean a 20 year old would be fighting your 300 year old self for resources. In a world with more even distribution of resources maybe it could work temporarily but eventually humans would either need to stop reproducing or enough people would need to die of war or starvation to justify continued reproduction.
A system like this ultimately amounts to eugenics as only the “haves” will have access to immortality while the “have nots” perish naturally.
Desiring immortality is an inherently self centered mindset.
You are using entirely too many assumptions for my comfort.
I’m ending my branch of my gene pool. It ends with me and I can choose to be responsible.
I can make better choices than the ones you’ve have crafted. I’m better than you give me credit for.
But that’s a problem with the system, not with wanting to live as long as possible.
Fuck the system.
Burn it down, rebuild, and let’s go full Star Trek.