Poll of the Day > Holy shit, aging is being cured

(+) Yeah! (+)

Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while.

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Muscles posted...

I know different people have different views on that, that's why I asked you, to see what you think on the matter

personally I dont think it matters

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joemodda posted...

Nothing is guaranteed in life... not even DEATH!

In the future we can only hope thats the motto. :P

Im sure there are several examples of people that have passed already that if they could choose to have an extra 20 years to continue their work in their field they would.

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Gamerguymass posted...

Except it will just be worse for you. All those people that are above you who's job you might get if they retire? Well now they will be there forever. Not to mention there will be people that go get something like 50 degress from college if they will live hundreds of years and so you won't have a chance in hell of moving up.

Except for the fact that even today, people switch jobs and even careers. The idea that you'd have some static, unchanging system is ignorance to the point of absurdity. Faced with an unlimited timespan, you're unlikely to find people who want to do those kinds of things forever. And, as Mead noted as well, this would represent a massive social paradigm shift. It'd be hard to predict many of the changes, although you're going to be less likely to see somebody hold the same job or stay married to the same person if they're alive for far, far longer.

There are a few things that obviously would change: The idea of retirement would go away, or it'd serve as a vacation of sorts. Our technology and understanding of science would likely advance at a much faster rate, since geniuses would live longer. The overall QoL would likely improve simply because technology would be better. And, I would imagine, space colonization would eventually offset potential overpopulation.

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This won't work...

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