Immortality bad for the brain
Sunday, July 15, 2001 by Draginol | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
The more I read up on it the more I am convinced that within a few hundred years, humans will essentially be immortal. That we'll have figured out essentially what causes aging and have technology to stop it.
But what would happen? All "world population explosion" theories aside, what do you think would change about society if we lived forever?
I tend to think that humans would become increasingly obsessed with finding new ways to entertain themselves. Can you imagine living 200 years? About 500 years? 5000 years? By 200 years assuming 200 years of being physically 25-30 years, I would have read every book I would ever be remotely interested in reading, seen every movie I would remotely be interested in seeing, visited every place I might be remotely interested in going.
So 200 down, 10,000 years to go. What the heck would people do with themselves?
What do you think?
(think of all the skins we'd have!
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But what would happen? All "world population explosion" theories aside, what do you think would change about society if we lived forever?
I tend to think that humans would become increasingly obsessed with finding new ways to entertain themselves. Can you imagine living 200 years? About 500 years? 5000 years? By 200 years assuming 200 years of being physically 25-30 years, I would have read every book I would ever be remotely interested in reading, seen every movie I would remotely be interested in seeing, visited every place I might be remotely interested in going.
So 200 down, 10,000 years to go. What the heck would people do with themselves?
What do you think?
(think of all the skins we'd have!
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Reply #3 Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:53 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:53 PM
It's the existence of a limit, in knowledge, time, etc and last lifetime, that pushes a person to stretch them, outrun them, accomplish some goal(s), futile or not. Remove it and you'll end up with a bunch of empty sacks...
Draginol
Reply #4 Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:15 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, July 15, 2001 9:15 PM
I just wonder how long we could live before going insane of boredom. Seriously. Give me 200 years of health and I could probably do pretty much everything I'd ever want to do.
CygnusXII
Reply #5 Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:44 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:44 PM
Immortality would lead to total isolationism.
After aeons of doing everything, with everyone, to be diverted, we would eventually run out of things to do, say, envision, etc... Closing ourselves off to the others, as there would be no reason to interact with each other, being as we had already done, so..
After aeons of doing everything, with everyone, to be diverted, we would eventually run out of things to do, say, envision, etc... Closing ourselves off to the others, as there would be no reason to interact with each other, being as we had already done, so..
craeonics
Reply #6 Monday, July 16, 2001 4:44 AM
Reply #6 Monday, July 16, 2001 4:44 AM
Immortality (coupled with eternal youth) would be great. Millennia would not satisfy my need for knowledge or outlast my fantasy. I for one do not intent to die for a long long time.
zathrus
Reply #7 Monday, July 16, 2001 6:59 AM
Reply #7 Monday, July 16, 2001 6:59 AM
I totally agree with crae. I'm also pretty sure that if such a thing were to happen; the human race would adapt. I think we'd probably become litrally slower. We'd all become zen masters of a sort. A few of us would probably go insance and destroy ourselves, but humans show a distinct ability to adapt. Hmm, I wouldn't mind that at all.
Emily
Reply #8 Monday, July 16, 2001 6:33 PM
Reply #8 Monday, July 16, 2001 6:33 PM
I wonder if people 300 years ago wondered what people would do if they lived longer than 50 years.
JayG
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:31 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 6:31 PM
i'm getting up there and am starting to just look forward to being able to successfully take a crap.
Sylva
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:59 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 8:59 PM
With the mentality of younger people the way it is today, and the likelyhood that the negative ideals will continue to increase steadily, I think that if we were to become essentially immortal, we would all eventually end up suicidal.
JcRabbit
Reply #11 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:17 PM
Reply #11 Tuesday, July 17, 2001 9:17 PM
What?! Live forever? And never find out what lies beyond death?! What if it is sooo much better than this life?
Guess what... the ultimate thing every imortal who had tried everything would want to do in the end would be... to die.
Guess what... the ultimate thing every imortal who had tried everything would want to do in the end would be... to die.
Jim
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:28 AM
Reply #12 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:28 AM
Yup, suicidal that is what immortality would take us to. even at 46 things are getting very repetitive, just think of being as fit as 25 when your 80. There would be no retiring, because you have to pay off that 60 year home loan at 30%.
And in the work place, people would have to run over each other in the parking lot just to advance. No no no the idea is a bad one
And in the work place, people would have to run over each other in the parking lot just to advance. No no no the idea is a bad one
feline
Reply #13 Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:25 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, July 26, 2001 12:25 PM
so, if most people are going to comit suicide, then all the worlds supply of chocolate will be mine HEHEHEHE
feline feels happy
feline feels happy
craeonics
Reply #14 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:27 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:27 PM
Hey hey, don't forget about us immortal crae's, kitty!
feline
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:02 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:02 PM
how could i forget about you?
i am just not sure that i am ready to share even all of this planets chocolate 50/50
however, i have it from a reliable source that there are planets totaly covered in chocolate
feline PURRRRRRRR
soon we will have the time for a bit of exploring
i am just not sure that i am ready to share even all of this planets chocolate 50/50
however, i have it from a reliable source that there are planets totaly covered in chocolate
feline PURRRRRRRR
soon we will have the time for a bit of exploring
paxx
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:23 PM
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:23 PM
Can you imagine keeping your current job for 200 years? No one could affort to live 100 years in retirement. Unless until then society finds a way of eliminating money and therefore everything would be free, from food to housing and every kind of travel and entertainment.
Yeah, right. That idea is even more impossible than the idea of immortality itself.
Yeah, right. That idea is even more impossible than the idea of immortality itself.
BoXXi
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 7:18 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 7:18 PM
I think that if man became immortal, the XP skins would eventually stop.
Forenzic
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 9:24 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 9:24 PM
The simple problem with immortality is it will be too expensive.
Only the super rich will become immortal.
All the mortals will then be slightly ticked off and kill all the immortals.
Then immortaltity is lost and the cycle starts over.
At least untill the planet is destroyed
Only the super rich will become immortal.
All the mortals will then be slightly ticked off and kill all the immortals.
Then immortaltity is lost and the cycle starts over.
At least untill the planet is destroyed
Draginol
Reply #19 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:13 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:13 PM
Since 1900, the life expectancy of an adult male has increased from 48 to 81. That's nearly a doubling. I wonder what people of 1900 would have thought about living an extra 30 years.
paxx
Reply #20 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:20 PM
Reply #20 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 11:20 PM
Yes, but there is a limit. We have achieved close to the limit. I read somewhere that the human body, if given the proper nutriments, proper exercise, no stress, no poisons (pollution, alcohol, cigarette) should have a life expectancy of about 100 years.
Now, that's the limit for a natural life. After that, we'll have to rely on techonology such as tissu cloning and transplant, cell regeneration, DNA manipulations and the such. That's whole other ball game, although I know we are getting there. But again, I think there WILL be a limit. It's like your old car. Although you can fix it forever, give it a new engine, repaint it, change about every single piece in it, after a while the car will still be good just for the junk yard.
Now, that's the limit for a natural life. After that, we'll have to rely on techonology such as tissu cloning and transplant, cell regeneration, DNA manipulations and the such. That's whole other ball game, although I know we are getting there. But again, I think there WILL be a limit. It's like your old car. Although you can fix it forever, give it a new engine, repaint it, change about every single piece in it, after a while the car will still be good just for the junk yard.
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Reply #1 Sunday, July 15, 2001 4:33 PM