Comment on Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months agoI would want to too, but not on this planet with these people and the very uncertain future.
Why? There’s so much to experience! If I could stay healthy, age more slowly or not at all, it would be great to try and experience as many good things as possible.
Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Oh you were talking about living longer if you were in a utopia or something close to it. Ok yeah I agree with you there, but unfortunately that’s not reality xD
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months ago
I doesn’t have to be a utopia, it just has to be better than this.
ViciousTangerine@lemmings.world 11 months ago
It’s hypothetically possible that we could hack biology enough to become functionally immortal, but do you really want that? Considering the impact 90 year old Senators are having I’m just imagining an ever more out of touch gerantocracy. Imagine young people being born into a world where no one ever retires or dies, and their opinions are fixed based on what they experienced 100 years ago. Change is good.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 11 months ago
Change is good indeed. Maybe if people didn’t think “eh, I can fuck up the world as I won’t be alive to live with the results” they might care a little more. Also, if were able functionally immortal, traveling to a new star system would be well within our possibilities.