Mar 06 2008
Immortality Plausibly Desirable?
W Revenue dot Com offers a very philosophical concept that can be theoretically possible. The idea of using technology to slow down illnesses that cause us to age. If done, we could actually live well past the norm of age rates. Rather then living at an extreme of 122 years we could well live past 200 years. To me, the idea of years offers a point where we can connect with those of the same age. A centarian will seldom befriend a 22 year old because the age chasm is to wide. The Age is a key factor in letting humans connect and when we destroy the concept of age, we are destroying the bonds that humans make with one another.
On a resource point, it is impossible to have humans live well past their ”normal” age. When humans start living longer, we are taking up more room on Earth. The planet only has a set capacity to hold humans and the consumption that they make which is why it would be impossible to have humans live “forever.” Disease and war act as a method of increasing the death rates. When the rate of death goes down, then the amount of humans will explode and so will the birth rate. In other words, the explosion of a population will ultimately lead to a sharp decline which is enumerated in countless biology books.
I wish that humans can live longer then average death rate but living well past 200 is undesirable to me. There is a point in life that we must accept death because it is a part of life that everyone must and should go through.
