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npodbielskitoday at 5:47 AM1 replyview on HN

> they'd evolve so completely that you'd become a different person anyway.

How is that a bad thing? Are you the same person you were when you were 15? Of course not. Is it the case for when you were 20 or 30? No. The whole point of living is to learn, gather new experiences and grow. Would you stop doing that because you are immortal? No.

I think author is caught too much in his work whatever it is. Me, personnally would love to meet my grandkids and their kids. Learn and try do new things for dozens of years.

Would this be bad to see the wolrd or even other worlds if we could be able to visit other planets?

I think the main problem is that people are getting old and unhealthy. My grandpa was living for 92 years and I saw that he is miserable. He was fine mentally but his body was failing him. Imagine getting up in the morning and everything hurts. You try to go to the bathroom but your hand are shaking. That is the problem.

At some point you just do not want to live anymore. Because it is just suffering.


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Paratonertoday at 6:19 AM

> for dozens of years

Yeah, that's not eternity. And if you read the article at all you'd know the argument is not against life extension, it's about having constraints, horizons, and deadlines to give meaning and urgency to things.