31 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 24 Aug 2023 \ parent \ on: POLL: Would you become immortal, if you could? meta
I thought changing the framing might change how you think about it.
Saying you want to live longer, but not forever, is basically saying you currently want to live indefinitely, but you'd like a future version of yourself to stop wanting that.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 24 Aug 2023
but you'd like a future version of yourself to stop wanting that.
No, I just know that whatever I do, I will probably not live 200 years for example.
But maybe I am not considering technological advances enough.
Edit: or maybe yes. I think I see the confusion now
Yes, I think at some point I would be tired of life and would welcome death.
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