[extropy-chat] Essay on Physical Immortality-overpopulation problem

[Extropian Agroforestry Ventures Inc.]

Haven't checked the last 2 days posts but the immediate problem of
overpopulation as well as genetic renewal may be to generate stem cells that are
hybrids , not offspring but the stem cell equivalent of couples  and merge the
neural systems of the 2 people into a composite of both.  The result might be
genetic renewal for en entire equivalent of an extended life cycle and
(depending on the cultural willingness to trade off shared consciousness for
biological renewal) 25-40% reduction in population.

If the renewed biosystem was able to move from a life cycle max of 110 to say
250, then there would be 150 or more years to perfect and deal with other
methods as well as allow for procreation by each shared consciousness with no
net increase in world population?

...MFJ


Mark Walker wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Damien Broderick"
> >
> > > I like 'ageless'. It is descriptive and doesn't look like an attempt to
> > hide
> > > behind jargon.
> >
> > It's good by itself, better than, say, `antiagathic' (James Blish's
> 50-year
> > old term). But it leads to the horrid eye- and mouthful of `agelessness',
> > compared to the nifty `emortal' => `emortality'.
> >
> > We have the same trouble with `deathless' (`deathlessness') , unless the
> > general condition is `deathlessanity'. :)
> >
> > Harvey mentioned his dislike of made-up words, but it didn't seem to stand
> > in the way of laser, television, telephone, car, xerox, google...
> >
> > (True, most of these items already existed and were on the market, so it
> was
> > convenient to embrace the term.)
> >
> > I know this seems trivial, but selling the message crisply is often as
> > important as having the right message.
> >
> > Besides, when it happens the common word will emerge over the top of our
> > heads. It'll probably be something like `zombies' or `ghouls' or
> `snakes'...
> >
>
> I agree that it is worthwhile to think about how to sell the message right.
> For myself I may use both 'emortal' and 'ageless'. It is nice to have
> synonyms and the slightly different connation of these terms may appeal to
> different "market segments".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
>
> Mark Walker, PhD
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