Thread: Who wants to live forever?
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Unread 2 Apr 2007, 16:44   #18
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Re: Who wants to live forever?
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Originally Posted by Achilles
With many areas already struggling to cope with blossoming population growth and issues such as global warming and resource depletion already headline news are we doomed to 'outlive' the viability of our planet in terms of human sustainability?
I think most of the things which could jeopardise our survival in the long run would be down to cultural factors and the psychology of those opting for this super-long lifespan. I don't really see resource issues being an insurmountable barrier if you had a population which had the benefits of hundreds of years of experience combined somehow with an energetic attitude to problems and desire to innovate.

If on the other hand, you had people who were mentally young but still had some of the psychological traits sometimes associated with ageing (increased fears, risk averse, socially conservative) then the world probably wouldn't be such a great place to live. But if we're assuming we've developed to the point where we can easily cure cancer, reverse neurological damage at will, etc - why not assume we can "fix" people's psychology to?
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