Who wants to live forever?

Frederick Foresight said:
Squaring the aging curve, and having a social network likely slows down our move towards ambivalence. The problem is that most people don’t take care of themselves, and also tend to become more isolated as they get older.
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It's the truth. Just the other day my wife and I were talking about how we hadn't been to a nightclub in forever. So we were both like, "This is stupid. Let's stop acting old and go somewhere." She booked some tickets at a local club where one of her favorite DJ/Performers was playing and we went out Friday night, fully knowing that that club wasn't even going to get busy until 11PM and we'd probably be out until at least 4AM.

So that's what we did and we had a blast. I'm not sure how we ended up getting plastered with butterfly stickers, but hey, these things happen occasionally at raves. :D Now did we need a full day to recover? Absolutely. But the joy of it all was being around youthfulness and an appreciation for music and life that you just can't get at home.

So the question it seems is not how long will I live. It's how will I fully use all the time I've been given?

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Sounds great, so long as I can stop the aging process at about 30, be in and stay in perfect mental and physical health. I'll also need a permanent get out of jail free card. Independently wealthy will be a must for those decades I'd rather travel the world than work.
No doubt there would be more caveats if you give it some thought. But live forever in this decaying body? Not a chance in hell. When the health goes I'll punch the ticket and see what's next, if anything.
The real debate on how long should life last should be legalization of assisted suicide.
 
Honestly, at the rate tech and biotech are evolving, I don't think the Hollywood depiction of a brain in a jar experiencing whatever it wants is as far as a reach as it was once thought. For real.
 
vanzandt said:
Honestly, at the rate tech and biotech are evolving, I don't think the Hollywood depiction of a brain in a jar experiencing whatever it wants is as far as a reach as it was once thought. For real.
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Let's give it a go. What kind of jar would you like? :D
 
CaptainObvious said:
Sounds great, so long as I can stop the aging process at about 30, be in and stay in perfect mental and physical health.
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Are you going to throw your wife the old hag away in every 15 years? memory and style-wise you will still be old, the point is that you may don't want to hang out with a chick who is your grandchildren age, because you have generation gaps between you in everything.

And if you keep your wife, people will ask why you are hanging out with your grandma. :)
 
vanzandt said:
Honestly, at the rate tech and biotech are evolving,
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I think memory up and download will be as close to living forever as it comes. Your personality and memory are what defines you, not your body. So if a memory exchange is possible between an old and a younger body, all is good, except the problem described in the previous post.

Now let's say your wife can stay young too. But then you say to yourself, why would I spend my forever lifetime with the same person when the opportunities are literally endless? (or your wife think the same) So I see here a philosophical dilemma...
 
Pekelo said:
Are you going to throw your wife the old hag away in every 15 years? memory and style-wise you will still be old, the point is that you may don't want to hang out with a chick who is your grandchildren age, because you have generation gaps between you in everything.

And if you keep your wife, people will ask why you are hanging out with your grandma. :)
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In this fantasy world you don't age past 30 to begin with so those decisions aren't being made, everyone is young. Now if you're the only person with this "gift" it's a whole different story and what you brought up is just another one of the many problems of living forever while everyone else around you dies.
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CaptainObvious said:
In this fantasy world you don't age past 30 to begin with so those decisions aren't being made, everyone is young.
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So if one gets a lifelong sentence, how many years that is? Forever sounds cruel and unusual punishment.
 
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