I didn't say there wouldn't be problems. There would be problems. But death is not a good solution to these problems. It's just the one we have at the moment.
Not dying and coming up with new solutions would be better.
Of course, if overpopulation is your main worry, you could suggest solutions to it - say kill off 1 in ten people at every decade birthday. Oh dear - that's what we do now - by letting them die!
Admittedly, we weight it slightly now - we only kill off 1 in twenty by their 10th and 20th birthdays, 1 in ten by 30th and 40th birthdays, 1 in five by 50th birthday and 1 in three by 60th birthdays...
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Originally Posted by tirsales
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.
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