XáreneSat, Jun 21, 2008 Great article. I am torn with immortality. Quite honestly I actually like that we have shorter life spans—we don't have to deal with some people for too long. Some of the questions he raises raced through my mind, specifically in terms of economy and our materiality. I started thinking what would come of our in-debt society and loan/pay-back terms. Slaves forever I guess? The other night CNN had a "What if..." question taking polls about drilling in Alaska's wildlife refuge. 57% were in favour of drilling. How would we sustain our immortal living with this kind of attitude? It's great that we can ponder on these questions and know it is possible medically, but is it possible with our current biological and mental states? He mentions a paradigm shift some where in the article, and that is what needs to happen first... sadly the CNN poll shows the opposite. I'll come back to this in a few days when I refresh my memory on Gins and Arakawa. They propose something in the lines that if life is something to be protected, then dying should be illegal. They respond with death-defying architecture.
Great article. I am torn with immortality. Quite honestly I actually like that we have shorter life spans—we don't have to deal with some people for too long. Some of the questions he raises raced through my mind, specifically in terms of economy and our materiality. I started thinking what would come of our in-debt society and loan/pay-back terms. Slaves forever I guess? The other night CNN had a "What if..." question taking polls about drilling in Alaska's wildlife refuge. 57% were in favour of drilling. How would we sustain our immortal living with this kind of attitude? It's great that we can ponder on these questions and know it is possible medically, but is it possible with our current biological and mental states? He mentions a paradigm shift some where in the article, and that is what needs to happen first... sadly the CNN poll shows the opposite. I'll come back to this in a few days when I refresh my memory on Gins and Arakawa. They propose something in the lines that if life is something to be protected, then dying should be illegal. They respond with death-defying architecture.