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OpEd Piece on Extended Life Expectancy

Posted by michael on from the read-holy-fire-by-sterling dept.

daksis writes "CNN has posted an OpEd piece from the New York Times that raises some interesting issues. With the current advances in biology, we as a society are facing the real possibility that "immortality" could some day be the norm. What sort of social impact can we expect when/if life expectancies are measured in centuries?"

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  1. How to spend eternity? by Shwag · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Then I can spend the rest of eternity getting first posts!

  2. Coping with it *not* happening by kisrael · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Despite all the promising technologies, I think we have to admit there's a decent chance all of the people reading this will be dead in a century or two.

    So if you don't believe in the afterlife (or you might but you're not positive) and the idea of maybe not living forever really bothers you, I've put togther a document that might help: Dealing With Mortality: A Skeptic's Guide or: Kirk's Big Fun Pages O' Inevitable Death .

    When I wrote it, I thought it might be the most important thing I had ever written (maybe I still feel that way) and that's why I've been plugging it via my .sig ever since.

    --
    SO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: The Comic for Dealing with Death
  3. Not to mention... by useosx · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    If Bush is re-elected, then the human race only as about another 3 1/2 years left. If he's not, I give us 10-20.

    Yeah, I have my sources (Originally from the Independent(.co.uk).

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