@Matthew Pilakoutas which is great! 🥱

Thanks you I completely and utterly agree with you

People don’t understand this I totally agree with you

We will see all things and our human accomplishments as a civilisation

And I want to see all that our civilisation will discover and unlock about the universe and dark matter and black holes white holes aliens etc

Because your life is on a scale of decades, it brings urgency and purpose. People take degrees, make families, travel to see beautiful places, etc before they get too old. It drives them. If you lived for 10.000 years, why bother doing anything today? Or tomorrow? You'd have pleeeeenty of time - and I think that is the point. Having all that time alive will decrease drive and human invention. It will make you a couch potato, for lack of better terms. The FACT that your time is very limited is key and it's what drives us to make meaningful connections and life choices - because they matter and how you spent your time matters in the now. The flower analogy he makes is absolutely spot on for me. “Death is what gives life meaning, to know your days are numbered, your time is short."

@@henrikhoppe8607 You may have a point, but it largely depends on the mindset of each individual. Yes, every important decision we make in life is connected to the acceptance that we are going to die at an age of around 80. It's been always like that (except that just a hundred years ago that number was way lower). But the fact that it's always been like that, doesn't mean that it can't change. It doesn't mean that we can't change it. It's difficult to imagine the whole new structure that society will have once we achieve this. Everything we do, and everything that motivates us to get up in the morning and do good things with our time will be different. But I don't see a reason to believe that the motivation to do anything will disappear. You asked why would you do anything meaningful today if you know you're gonna live for 10.000 years... Maybe because even without aging we will still be able to get bored if we don't do anything. We will still want to travel, have friends and family, and more than anything, we will keep wanting to explore the universe and it's mysteries. We still have thousands, or maybe even millions of years to discover everything that there is to be discovered.

I said something similar under someone's comment. It's just, so many humans are useless and their life would be meaningless if all they do is the same useless stuff they do now. Innovators, scientists, medical, engineers and anyone of an import career who want to contribute to the human future should have the option to live past the usual. Because everything you said is 100% valid and is important to so many of us.

Agreed

immortality has still have way more pros so I rather deal with the side effects of being immortal than aging and dying death is not pleasant

Agreed

When he dies he wants to be fertilizer for flowers or some sort of a life form. Plants die so we can live and he wants to pass that on.

@@KatyNelson but that's not how flowers work. They're still alive, otherwise they wouldn't absorb the water. They are dying, sure, but they're not dead.

Thank you, my man. I have pretty much expressed this message to everyone I meet who has the knee-jerk instant reaction of "what a terrible idea."

Man means when we achieve living longer by 1 year in 1 year, essentially meaning that death is not capable to occur naturally

Yes, but that's when it would stop you from doing ANYTHING. If you knew you just had to sit around and avoid being hit by a bus, you might never leave the house as the risk is too high.

Of course. Existential issues are not going anywhere. However, longer lives will give us more time to confront existential issues through advances in neuroscience and neurotech - because all this stuff arises due to the way our brains are terribly wired - so that we will be free of the fear of death. This science is actually advancing _faster_ than the science of longevity, and a lot of amazing stuff is coming down the pipe fast or is already here, like the resurgence of psychedelic research. Also, I don't buy Neil's "death gives meaning to life" deal that so many people have. A lot of people know that they're going to die, and don't value their lives any more because of it. LIFE gives meaning to life. If you can't find meaning in life without constantly reminding yourself that it ends, then you're not going to be able to find meaning in it knowing that it does.

No, there wasn't. If you are a member of a Church that is teaching the Biblical ages of men like Noah are historically accurate, consider a different Church.

You really don't want to live forever

@@tbass94 You don't know me!! hahha

@@rickyroffey immortality would be such a curse. Death gives us size

I am not religious. However, doesn't it say in the bible that the soldier who struck Jesus right before Jesus died was cursed to live forever or at least until the return of Jesus? The only way that immortality could work successfully would be that there would be no more children being born.

@@maxxmabemwe4859 more being born is fine because Elon Musk will move us to Mars.

You could probably control your own brain chemistry ect with technology. 😂

Valid 😂

I couldn’t have said it better. God and His Son are the only two eternal beings. Everything else is temporary.

In what way? Care to expand your thoughts?

@@dailynews5683 he's a flat earther. Don't pay them attention

@@dailynews5683 lmfao

Not even you know that for certain

@@AegisReflector that Neil would take shrooms or souls being eternal?

@@diegobermudez8102 there’s not real proof that there is such thing as a soul, and there’s also no proof that such thing is eternal

@@AegisReflector I'm sorry you feel that way, friend. Maybe it's you that requires a psychedelic trip. If you ever heard of a thing called "music?" There's plenty of soul in there. Sometimes good stories have soul as well. Both music and stories are endless if they're passed down for long enough.

I've done shrooms and didn't feel that way.

He's just saying that death gives our lives more meaning.