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Originally Posted by pdurrant
But I don't see any possible problems from living longer being worse than the problem of senility and death in your first century. I'd be interested to hear whether you disagree (with an example!).
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You dont? Well .. for one thing older people tend to get a little set in their ways - it's not a problem of "old age", it begins with childhood and grows steadily stronger.
To my best knowledge this is (mostly) related to habit and not to some bodily problems - so it would be an increasing problem with "older and older" people.
Then could you imagine politics with immortals? Politicians tend to be on the older halve of life - and I really dont want to see Politicians ruling for several centuries.
Then there is a slight problem with the population growing (much) too large, there are social problems (everyone getting this threatment? Just the rich? Just the "deserving" (however defined)?
Can you imagine living forever - but your offspring, relatives and friends not?
Can a love or a friendship survive eternity?
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It would change the complete social structures. Oh and the statement "But we always did it like this" will get a freaking new meaning ... Most changes occur with a generation shift - but there wouldn't be any more generation shift.