> For now the only true path to immortality is through having children.
That's not immortality, though, that's heritage.
In my eyes, immortality (if such a thing could even exist, entropy and unforeseen circumstances aside) would imply the continued existence of one's consciousness/mind.
Being "remembered", or other platitudes about "immortality" does nothing for you, when you no longer exist.
The pursuit of extended life might be seen as an expression of greed in fiction a lot of the time, but surely eating healthily is a good thing to do, right? What about exercise? What about having a good sleep schedule and not using harmful substances? Why would medicine be any different? Why would fixing one's faulty organs or other biological mechanisms be any different? In my eyes, it's just a scale of things you can do to have a better life, however long it might be.
As for the biological aspects, sure, nature didn't make us to live a thousand years. Then again, it didn't make us to fly through the sky in metal boxes close to the speed of sound.
I feel like people would be more environmentally and politically conscious if they knew that they'd need to live in the world that they create for the following millennia, instead of being able to ruin things for everyone with their greedy and megalomaniacal goals and then die.
That's not immortality, though, that's heritage.
In my eyes, immortality (if such a thing could even exist, entropy and unforeseen circumstances aside) would imply the continued existence of one's consciousness/mind.
Being "remembered", or other platitudes about "immortality" does nothing for you, when you no longer exist.
The pursuit of extended life might be seen as an expression of greed in fiction a lot of the time, but surely eating healthily is a good thing to do, right? What about exercise? What about having a good sleep schedule and not using harmful substances? Why would medicine be any different? Why would fixing one's faulty organs or other biological mechanisms be any different? In my eyes, it's just a scale of things you can do to have a better life, however long it might be.
As for the biological aspects, sure, nature didn't make us to live a thousand years. Then again, it didn't make us to fly through the sky in metal boxes close to the speed of sound.
I feel like people would be more environmentally and politically conscious if they knew that they'd need to live in the world that they create for the following millennia, instead of being able to ruin things for everyone with their greedy and megalomaniacal goals and then die.