tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post5516693164561084855..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-36177588757701910262008-02-15T23:37:00.000-06:002008-02-15T23:37:00.000-06:00The overpopulation issue isn't foward thinking eno...The overpopulation issue isn't foward thinking enough. If we could extend our lives to 800 years, society would radically change by necessity. There might be new laws in place for breeding OR we may just have to push beyond the nest. I think it is far more likely that we would start to colonize space and mine the hell out of our local solar system for resources. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I think an extension of shelf-life is the natural order of evolution. All technologically advanced civilizations would reach this point at some stage. The BIG question is; would the bureaucracy of the governing powers prevent this evolution? I think in our case the sad answer is yes. <BR/><BR/>I'm with you Mac, 1600 years and beyond! Or as my favorite quote puts it:<BR/><BR/>"I want more life fucker!"<BR/><BR/>DennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-2671605670514899712008-02-15T21:04:00.000-06:002008-02-15T21:04:00.000-06:00one problem; overpopulation. If everyone lives tha...one problem; overpopulation. If everyone lives that long, resources are going to end but quick.<BR/>I mean, that's ALREADY a problem.<BR/><BR/>That said, my mantra has always been "I want to live long enough to see what happens next".<BR/><BR/>Then again, I'm ready to die at any time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-7591749969180073772008-02-15T12:43:00.000-06:002008-02-15T12:43:00.000-06:00Yeah, if I could live to 800 years, I might actual...Yeah, if I could live to 800 years, I might actually have the time to get a few things done...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-69259784143725695212008-02-15T00:53:00.000-06:002008-02-15T00:53:00.000-06:00And look at it this way: if we can make it 800 yea...And look at it this way: if we can make it 800 years due to some genetic modification, we might just live long enough to bootstrap our way to 1600 years. And if 1600 years -- why not more? We probably won't be recognizably human by then, but there's reason to hope we'd be something better.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-19841684581861463662008-02-15T00:45:00.000-06:002008-02-15T00:45:00.000-06:00I hear you Mac. I've had this debate before and I ...I hear you Mac. I've had this debate before and I am always amazed by how complacent people are. "Why would you want to live that long?" They ask. These are the same people that take comfort in an afterlife of some form of course. <BR/><BR/>I'm 36 years old and yet I still feel like I'm 22. My life is half over, if I'm lucky, and it went by in a relative blink of the eye. I would love the opportunity to involve myself with a few different careers. There is simply not enough time to explore all the richness of life's experience or to have the good fortune to meet the right people at the right time (to position ones self where they need to be to succeed). <BR/><BR/>Just imagine what 800 years of education could potentially create. Think of the wondrous things we could do when not limited by a 70 year shelf life (knock off 20 of those for bumbling infancy). At best we have 50 years of real potential. That's just not enough to accomplish the stuff of dreams. <BR/><BR/>DennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com