In Tolkien's books humans had the "gift" of mortality. Perhaps it would be great to be able to live 200 years, but immortality...at a certain moment this must become a Hellish punishment. Can the uploaded mind be erased upon request?
In Tolkien's books humans had the "gift" of mortality. Perhaps it would be great to be able to live 200 years, but immortality...at a certain moment this must become a Hellish punishment. Can the uploaded mind be erased upon request?
there seems to be much made of the idea that extreme longevity is somehow indistinguishable from actual eternal life. i don't think there is anything in the universe that has or can last that long. there is always the EMP, or at the very least a person could have their hardware turned into a plasma. no molecular organization can survive something like that. i've long noticed the idea in fiction, that long life is supposed to be unpleasant. i think i'll try it first, before i take the death option, it's a rather permanent choice with death.