Wouldn’t the vision of immortality make the problem even more immediate for them?
“Oh, Holden Bloodfeast XIII, born 2259 might die at 16 from cancer from the envitonmental catastrophe I’m sowing… Meh.” rings different from “my own lust for immortality will be turned into scavenging a wasteland I wrought?”
Wouldn’t the vision of immortality make the problem even more immediate for them?
“Oh, Holden Bloodfeast XIII, born 2259 might die at 16 from cancer from the envitonmental catastrophe I’m sowing… Meh.” rings different from “my own lust for immortality will be turned into scavenging a wasteland I wrought?”
The natural world matters a lot less if you’ve left it behind for a virtual one. They don’t care if it looks like Blade Runner.