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Am I the only one who thinks immortality is a nightmare? I don't understand people who want to live forever.
Am I the only one who thinks immortality is a nightmare? I don't understand people who want to live forever.
We can't stop death, therefore we tell ourselves its ok and something that we actually want, in order to cope with the terror of death.
Am I the only one who thinks immortality is a nightmare? I don't understand people who want to live forever.
Altered Carbon, and to a lesser extend Upload! touch on this dystopian part - the great leveller is that every billionaire will one day die - imagine if that wasn't the case, and they could keep hoarding wealth and having undue political influence.
Am I the only one who thinks immortality is a nightmare? I don't understand people who want to live forever.
HN is the only place where I’ve seen people purpose immortality as a legit goal. I think it’s because of lack of religion. If you are existentially scared of death and you are a techie, it makes sense
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2) Sinclair is not a quack, and to depict him as such doesn't help whatever opinion you're parroting. The guy has quite the resume, and obviously playing the social media game doesn't mean you should dismiss that.
3) Linking a tweet that essentially says "no you're wrong" is adding to the noise and isn't helpful. Brenner is saying reversing epigenetic age isn't going to make you immortal, which is true. It doesn't mean Sinclair's work is BS.
I’m no fan of death, but death (by natural causes - age, sickness , accident) has been how different generations have gotten rid some of the worst despots.