If we cure aging abruptly, it may halt the accellerating returns of technology. Notice that the time it takes for a retarded idea to go away is the time it takes the community to train the kids the right way, and for the stubborn old folks (who don't need training) with all the money and power to hand off the reigns to the fresh mind. A cornerstone of our American explosive progress is that old people and old ways get the hell out of the way by losing their ability to think straight. If people never die, we will have to create a new system to preserve this creative destruction cycle. A simulated turnover of power from the old to the new. A scary thought: the popular world religions/delusions during the time aging was cured will be the religions that remain with us for a thousand years.
A lot of that unwillingness to change is not having the energy or mental capacity to do adapt to those changes. 80 year olds with the bodies and minds of 22 year old athletes will be very different than the 80 year olds of today.
That's just false. Technological and societal progress was immensely faster when average lifespan skyrocketed in the 20th century that the ancient times when people died at 50
How many people over 100 years old helped spark the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, the computer revolution. If we cure aging, 90% of customers will be this group, voting, writing legislation, these people don't need no stinkin inter tube or whatever you call it. Im not talking about 50 to 80 old. Im talking about the entire world consisting of people who have the mental age of over 100, with no ability or desire to replace the slide rule with a calculator, or a calculator with a computer program. If we cure aging, hopefully we can motivate the elderly to start startups on tech that came out 5 years ago.
retarded idea to go away is the time it takes the community to train the kids the right way
Uh. As you age, you'll notice that an awful lot of "progress" is circular, and the people most often talking about the new, "right way" are the people who stand to benefit.
A cornerstone of our American explosive progress is that old people and old ways get the hell out of the way
Interesting. And here I thought that America's explosive progress was a combination of pioneer spirit, massive resources, and a whole bunch of very lucky historical confluences.
the popular world religions/delusions during the time aging was cured will be the religions that remain with us for a thousand years.
I think your views are very short-sighted. First off, people change quite a lot over their lives. I've seen devout believers become atheists in a few short years.
Additionally, consider the time spans we're talking about. If a person is immortal, he or she will eventually forget virtually everything at least once.
