(February 15, 2016 at 6:16 pm)RaphielDrake Wrote: If I lived forever I would isolate myself after amassing a fortune. I wouldn't bother with people. I would purchase alot of land. Somewhere with a forest. I would spend alot of money to make sure I had all I needed, that I had internet and so a lens to view the outside world from but I would not participate in it. I would fund the development of an AI that would eventually be responsible for governing Earth. Occasionally I would exert my influence if I felt it necessary. Keep the wheels turning. Make sure viable space travel is created so when the time comes I can evacuate this shit heap of a planet. I would meld with a specially developed spacecraft becoming a seamless combination of flesh and machine, fusing my brain with devices specially designed to expand my consciousness.
I would scatter humanity into the cosmos and then separate from it. I would get lost in the stars. The dark void of deep space would become my home. Eventually I would forget Earth, humanity, everything from before. I would simply be a wanderer exploring the cosmos for all eternity, forever searching for some measure of freedom. From space, from time, from myself.
Given the choice I would pursue the same life whether I were mortal, immortal or anywhere inbetween; a travelers life.
The only difference would be scope.
That's beautiful.