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Sure, it's a pretty high chance they will go into space. If they use energy storage it could even be trillions of years. It really depends if humanity self-destructs or not. Also different animals kill each other all the time. It's part of the cycle of life. I don't get why you have such a negative perspective.
So, Musk then... The guy who, well, seems literally insane. Yeah, good one.
I think the fantasy of going back hides the reality that new possibilities are always stretched out ahead. I have lived many lives. New careers, new cities, new countries, new friends, new families. By my count I’ve lived 14 iterations of life and counting. New lives are always beckoning. After awhile you get good a recognizing the ones worth stepping into.
But in other ways it's not true. For example, there's no way to be 19 again and be in college, date the person who, looking back was clearly into you. Study the thing you really wanted to study (not what you thought would be best for your career), etc.
I think the fantasy of going back isn't about being unable to change, it's about "getting it right this time"
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I will be childfree, so will my sister. Both of us are queer. As far as I know, all my three cousins (two of whom are queer) feel the same. There's no reason to expect that your children will want to reproduce, and it is pretty selfish to project your own dissatisfaction with life onto another human that way.
If someone cares more about themselves than continuing their family line or the human species, it’s arguably more selfish.
When there's an imminent danger of the human species ending because of a lack of babies, we can talk about the other point.
Once upon a time a certain someone wanted to come over,in reality I had to decline, but in an alternate timeline she does. We have fun, she decides to keep it, but signs over custody to me. Our daughter is a musical prodigy. With her sights on Juilliard. I can play out a similar scenario with quite a few slight variations. But this what if stuff is almost always positive. It's never what if I never downloaded Unity a…
Yet if we could, we'd also make new mistakes that we'd then want to rectify by going back.
I "died" in 2018 and it felt like waking up from a dream. This world just melted away like an amusing afterthought. That helped informed my attitude to life: enjoy it, make life enjoyable for others, spread love.
There's a great book called Replay that tackles the ground hog day problem but at a life scale. I read it every few years and it always gives me some perspective about what is truly important in life. https://www.amazon.com/Replay-Ken-Grimwood-ebook/dp/B0F9MY5M...
There's a quote I love from The Remains of The Day:
> I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?”
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Do you think someone from 1025 would feel this way if they came here? Serious question.
Do you think people in 1025 weren't living happy and fulfilling lives? People are happy in Africa, Latin America and the poor parts of Asia now, many places people are happier than in the US actually.
Which I think there's a good claim that it's totally and entirely transformed, save for a few things.
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If you have children you can help continue a chain of humans millions or maybe even billions of years long.
I will be childfree, so will my sister. Both of us are queer. As far as I know, all my three cousins (two of whom are queer) feel the same. There's no reason to expect that your children will want to reproduce, and it is pretty selfish to project your own dissatisfaction with life onto another human that way.
Feel free to not answer if it's a painful thing.
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I will be childfree, so will my sister. Both of us are queer. As far as I know, all my three cousins (two of whom are queer) feel the same. There's no reason to expect that your children will want to reproduce, and it is pretty selfish to project your own dissatisfaction with life onto another human that way.
If someone cares more about themselves than continuing their family line or the human species, it’s arguably more selfish.
I’m not Henry VIII, just some rube from Indiana. Our family is nothing special.
…or the human species
Nor is this some post-apocalyptic future where children are scarce.