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"The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born"
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RE: "The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born"
(December 14, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Stagnation, imo, is what would come of immortality - among other things.

Why would we think that? Why wouldn't we think the opposite, or neither? Are we to believe that knowing they will die makes people more productive to make the most of their time? One could just as easily make the argument that it makes them apathetic to make changes in the world they will never get to benefit from.
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RE: "The first person to live to [200, 300, 500, 1000] has already been born" - by Amine - December 14, 2015 at 4:11 pm

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