[extropy-chat] of all there is to worry about

[Ned Late]

You're worried about religionists with double
standards who might deny others the benefits of
transhumanism they will enjoy for themselves? Geesh.
That is worrying!



> > I've also been worrying about, with
> > increasing life spans, the impact of extremely
> > long-lived people who nevertheless are dead set
> > against the very technology that literally saves
> > their
> > lives, except for their own personal use.  Not
> > because they're greedy and want everyone else to
> > die,
> > even if that's the conclusion many others will
> come
> > to, but simply because they think the tech is
> > immoral
> > and accept their use of it as a personal moral
> > failing
> > they'll deal with "someday", which in practice
> turns
> > out to be only after their lives are no longer
> being
> > extended.
> > 
> > And then there's resistance to developing the tech
> > in
> > our own lifetimes.  (Yeah, I want to live forever
> > too.
> > But I wouldn't mind most other people getting the
> > same
> > benefit, and I certainly don't classify the desire
> > to
> > live - even if one has already had a long and full
> > life - as immoral.)
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