[ExI] Life extension

[Adrian Tymes]

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>wrote:

> The grumpy old man avoidance POV. "When I was a kid, we played with rocks,
> and we were grateful!" Do I want to be THAT guy for 400 years?
>
> The "I'd be useless" POV. I don't want to draw on society from 65 to 500.
>
> The "I'd get in the way of change" POV. If I lived to 500, I would
> probably be rich and influential, which would stop young people from making
> changes that need to be made. That can only be made when the previous
> generation passes away.
>

Even if immortality were cheap and easy and available today, it still
probably wouldn't be for everyone - maybe not even for most people.  One
would have to consciously adopt a mindset of accepting and adapting the new
ways.  Otherwise one's mind would die, soon (within some years) followed by
one's body.
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