I want to live today, I wanted to live yesterday and I imagine the most likely state for tomorrow is “I still want to live”. And I’ve absolutely had times, quite recently too, where my state was “maybe I don’t have the drive to live anymore” but I always came out living and being okay with that. And I keep on preferring it to the very final alternative.
Opt-Out immortality is quite good! Opt-Out immortality and eternal youth is better.
The horror of eternal, unavoidable immortality is imho mostly just projection of the absolutely eternal and (likely) unavoidable horror of death. Absolutes are scary. But as long as I have the option to check out, you might find me enjoying living forever in eternity.
Preach!
I want to live today, I wanted to live yesterday and I imagine the most likely state for tomorrow is “I still want to live”. And I’ve absolutely had times, quite recently too, where my state was “maybe I don’t have the drive to live anymore” but I always came out living and being okay with that. And I keep on preferring it to the very final alternative.
Opt-Out immortality is quite good! Opt-Out immortality and eternal youth is better.
The horror of eternal, unavoidable immortality is imho mostly just projection of the absolutely eternal and (likely) unavoidable horror of death. Absolutes are scary. But as long as I have the option to check out, you might find me enjoying living forever in eternity.