[extropy-chat] Youthful characteristics

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Well even now you can deliberately ignore what your experience tells
you. Half of the time it is fun, and sometimes even successful.
I suspect it does not depend so much on experience and committments,
rather it depends on physical energy and fast-learning brain. Get that
back, and much of the youthful hunger for more life will come back.

> So, I strongly suspect that a population of long-lived people,
> virtually immortal, whether in human-like bodies or uploaded to a
> molecular computer, will be very different to our present day
> civilization. Think about losing all the above attributes that young
> people bring.
> I know some people claim that they will redesign themselves to remain
> young in body and outlook, but you can't design out the many years of
> experience which stop you doing the 'daft' things that young folk do.
> An immortal civilization will be much quieter, much more careful, very
> cautious about changing anything.