RE: If you could, would you live forever?
03-25-2013, 01:03 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-25-2013, 01:04 PM by Mythee.)
@Coldblooded: YES. THAT STUFF ABOUT 2000 YEAR OLD JERKS. One of the reasons why it would be a bad idea for immortals to try to govern.
I don't think it's necessarily about an increase of productivity per unit of time though, seeing as you have so much more time that even a decrease of unit productivity per time would yield much greater results. Suppose you live your life productively already, the concept of gaining immortality will only seem that much more potent and full of possibility. Plus there would be extra motivation with the whole 'wow I might actually get to live to see my dreams come true in this lifetime?'
(03-25-2013, 11:07 AM)btp Wrote: »Like, if you suddenly knew you had millennia to live, would that really empower you to cause greater change than you could right now? Would you honestly be more motivated to use your time productively? Or would the time you have become even less valuable to you? And is your lack of immortality really the key reason that you aren't trying to create wide-scale change now?Good point!
I don't think it's necessarily about an increase of productivity per unit of time though, seeing as you have so much more time that even a decrease of unit productivity per time would yield much greater results. Suppose you live your life productively already, the concept of gaining immortality will only seem that much more potent and full of possibility. Plus there would be extra motivation with the whole 'wow I might actually get to live to see my dreams come true in this lifetime?'