Or being immortal with a failing body, just because you won’t die doesn’t mean your body won’t keep breaking down, it just means that it won’t die. You’ll still feel the pain of whst ill you.
Yes but I don’t like those scenarios not because of the immortality but because of the illness. If it were possible to achieve immortality without any hiccups then that would seem like a pretty good gig imo
Ok, you are now immortal and will stop aging at 70.
At first you don’t notice anything different, but as the decades pass, your friends and family starts dying from old age, you get to see everyone you have ever loved or even known die, society keeps changing, as even more decades pass you see society change further from what you ever knew as you grew up. You no longer recognize the world as the one you grew up in.
Your existence start to attract attention from the government, you are accused of identity theft, and your retirement funds are running out, you can no longer afford to live in your home, you sell your house/apartment, but the government is confused and can’t process your taxes properly, to them, you are an obvious conman, you have stolen a dead man’s identity and they freeze your accounts.
You are now homeless.
You have lost everything, your family, your friends, your society, your home, even your own identity has been taken from you.
There’s actually an interesting movie that plays off this premise. Its called The Man From Earth. The main character doesn’t die. He stops aging in his 30s rather than his 70s but still, he runs into many of these issues you brought up
Imagine being immortal with dementia.
Or being immortal with a failing body, just because you won’t die doesn’t mean your body won’t keep breaking down, it just means that it won’t die. You’ll still feel the pain of whst ill you.
Yes but I don’t like those scenarios not because of the immortality but because of the illness. If it were possible to achieve immortality without any hiccups then that would seem like a pretty good gig imo
Heat death of the universe. Eventually, you’d be floating in a black ⚫ void forever.
Sounds spooky
Ok, let’s examine this “good gig” of yours.
Ok, you are now immortal and will stop aging at 70.
At first you don’t notice anything different, but as the decades pass, your friends and family starts dying from old age, you get to see everyone you have ever loved or even known die, society keeps changing, as even more decades pass you see society change further from what you ever knew as you grew up. You no longer recognize the world as the one you grew up in.
Your existence start to attract attention from the government, you are accused of identity theft, and your retirement funds are running out, you can no longer afford to live in your home, you sell your house/apartment, but the government is confused and can’t process your taxes properly, to them, you are an obvious conman, you have stolen a dead man’s identity and they freeze your accounts. You are now homeless.
You have lost everything, your family, your friends, your society, your home, even your own identity has been taken from you.
Yet you still won’t die.
There’s actually an interesting movie that plays off this premise. Its called The Man From Earth. The main character doesn’t die. He stops aging in his 30s rather than his 70s but still, he runs into many of these issues you brought up
Do you think the psychopath billionaires give a shit about one half, and will be affected by the other?
Edit: I noticed the emphasis on “sane” person. Then yes, you’re right. On the other hand, it makes it more clear that the rich see no downsides.