Friday, September 12, 2025

The Pros and Cons of Immortality



Would you make the decision to live forever if you could? You'd have time to do everything you ever wanted to do, but then what? Philosophers and ethicists have varying opinions. Sure, you could get bored, and you'd have to say goodbye to everyone over and over as they died, not to mention watching the love of your (present) life age while you stay 25 or whatever. Some would argue that time is only valuable to us because it is limited. 

Then there are further concerns in the comments. The video says we wouldn't have to worry about death as immortals, but does not specify whether we'd experience pain or hunger or mental illness. And to keep having adventures, we'd have to keep working to earn money. And we'd have to put up with the ups and downs of the civilization around us. Then when the earth dies out, we'd be stuck in space with nothing to do until the collapse of the universe. Maybe mortality isn't so bad after all.   

4 comments:

Tim said...

If someone lives forever, why would they not keep their values and principles? If they followed a religion, why would they give up said religion?

Miss Cellania said...

Yeah, that can't be true for everyone.

chich said...

I believe one of the great curses is to wish someone live forever.

Anonymous said...

The novel How To Stop Time, by Matt Haig, is a delightful story about living forever.Highly recommended!