Sometimes I feel that I was born a thousand years too soon, and I would rather like to see mankind venture into space, eradicate war and famine, bigotry and greed. Most days however I haven't a clue what to do with my life for the next 50 or so odd years, how could I keep myself occupied for 1000? On the flip side, what if you were immortal, and everyone else on the planet died next year? What would you do then?
I think that because our life is finite, it makes the moments we have more important.
There is a book series called The Commonwealth saga by Peter F. Hamilton in which through a process called Rejuvenation, human beings can live forever, and if you die tragically, your consciousness is downloaded into a clone. It's interesting because you have people on their 3rd or 4th life with new spouses, new families, new careers etc. For those of us who are married, it raises questions on whether or not we would remarry the same person after beginning our lives again.
Something else you have to consider, if science was able to extend human lifespans to say 250 years, at what age would people retire? Jobs that open upon retirement wouldn't be open for centuries, leaving people who are 20 SOL. Can you imagine Supreme Court Justices who lived that long? Fuck me in my beard, that would suck.
I think that because our life is finite, it makes the moments we have more important.
There is a book series called The Commonwealth saga by Peter F. Hamilton in which through a process called Rejuvenation, human beings can live forever, and if you die tragically, your consciousness is downloaded into a clone. It's interesting because you have people on their 3rd or 4th life with new spouses, new families, new careers etc. For those of us who are married, it raises questions on whether or not we would remarry the same person after beginning our lives again.
Something else you have to consider, if science was able to extend human lifespans to say 250 years, at what age would people retire? Jobs that open upon retirement wouldn't be open for centuries, leaving people who are 20 SOL. Can you imagine Supreme Court Justices who lived that long? Fuck me in my beard, that would suck.
"In our youth, we lacked the maturity, the decency to create gods better than ourselves so that we might have something to aspire to. Instead we are left with a host of deities who were violent, narcissistic, vengeful bullies who reflected our own values. Our gods could have been anything we could imagine, and all we were capable of manifesting were gods who shared the worst of our natures."-Me
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
