Sep 03
The Wall Street Journal article above discusses the real possibility, assuming society can hold it together, of lifespans of 150-1000 years for people living today. I have found friends and family usually respond negatively to such optimism, as if they have convinced themselves that 100 years of life is all that they could possibly wish for… life is so hard, they say.
“Life is such a bore.”
I would argue that this perspective of life and death is rooted in our culture and societal norms. Death is probably much more boring.
What if it were normal to have 10 or 20 marriages?
What if you knew your children might become the first settlers of new worlds?
What if you could have 4 or 5 meaningful careers? Care to spend 10 years as an artist? No problem.
20 as an AI researcher? Why not.
Change your name, change your looks, change your passion. You’ve got the time.
That thrills me. Especially as someone breaking the norms a bit right now. Turning her life all the way around after an age where I would have expected to be settled going in one direction. As I’ve aged, I’ve often had the thought that if I’d only had the wisdom of these years, in the past, I could have used my time better — I could have made better choices. But maybe I have that time… right now.
Cheers to your health!
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